Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing

by Norm Stamper

Selected her friends for her? • Prevented her from having friends? • Threw the family kitten or puppy against the wall? • Scissored up her photos? • Threatened to leave her? • Screamed at her? • Glared at her? • Made a fist, shook it in her face? • Gave her the silent treatment? • Compared her body to photos in magazines? • Threw things? • Punched holes in the wall? • Left a threatening note? • Forced her to have sex when she was asleep? • Called her a whore? • Made yourself unavailable to watch the kids when she was counting on you? • Took the car, leaving her unable to get where she needed to go? • Refused to allow her to have male friends? • Accused her of flirting, or of having an affair? • Sabotaged family/social affairs? • Blamed her for financial problems, or troubles with the kids? • Told her she was a bad mother? • Told her she was a lousy lay? • Told her she was mentally ill? • Made light of your abuse, minimizing its effects? • Forced