Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop
From the publisher's website:
In 1979, the gruesome slaying of a thirteen-year-old boy riveted the
suburbs of Suffolk County, New York. As the county hustled to bring the
case to a dubious resolution, a wayward local teenager emerged with a
convenient story to tell. For his cooperation, Jimmy Burke was rewarded
with a job as a cop.
Thus began Burke’s unlikely ascent to the
top of one of the country’s largest law enforcement jurisdictions. He
and a crew of like-minded allies utilized vengeance, gangster tactics,
and political leverage to become the most powerful and feared figures in
their suburban empire.
Until a pilfered bag of sex toys brought it all crashing down.
Jimmy the King
is the story of the rise, reign, and paranoiac fall of a corrupt cop
and his regime—a crime family with badges and guaranteed pensions.
Novelistic in detail and piercing in its political insight, this book
will leave you questioning who modern policing serves, who it protects,
and who it preys upon and abandons.
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