From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television show The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book tells the true story of a year on the violent streets of an American city. The narrative follows Donald Worden, a veteran investigator; Harry Edgerton, a black detective in a mostly white unit; and Tom Pellegrini, an earnest rookie who takes on the year's most difficult case, the brutal rape and murder of an eleven-year-old girl. Originally published fifteen years ago, Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show of the same name. This new editionâ??which includes a new introduction, an afterword, and photographsâ??revives this classic, riveting tale about the men who work on the dark side of the American experience… (plus d'informations)
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If a man is found slain, lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns.
Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never work a yoke and lead her down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream.
There in the valley they are to break the heifer's neck.
The pirests, the sons of Levi, shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings n the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.
Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley and they shall declare:
"Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done. Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent man."
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
In contact wounds, the muzzle of the weapon is held against the surface of the body. . .the immediate edges of the entrance are seared by hot gases and blackened by the soot. This is embedded in the seared skin and cannot be completely removed eithe rby washing or vigorous scrubbing of the wound.
Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D.,
Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics and Forensic Technique
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Pulling one hand from the warmth of a pocket, Jay Landsman squats down to grab the dead man's chin, pushing the head to one side until the wound becomes visible as a small, ovate hole, oozing red and white.
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In the first month of 1991, the city is averaging one murder a day.
From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television show The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book tells the true story of a year on the violent streets of an American city. The narrative follows Donald Worden, a veteran investigator; Harry Edgerton, a black detective in a mostly white unit; and Tom Pellegrini, an earnest rookie who takes on the year's most difficult case, the brutal rape and murder of an eleven-year-old girl. Originally published fifteen years ago, Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show of the same name. This new editionâ??which includes a new introduction, an afterword, and photographsâ??revives this classic, riveting tale about the men who work on the dark side of the American experience
Sans faire de jeu de mots poucrave, ce livre est mortel. Pendant un an, David Simon, alors jeune reporter au Baltimore Sun décide de prendre une année sabbatique pour la passer en tant que "stagiaire de la police" au sein de la brigade criminelle de Baltimore, alors une des villes les plus violentes des USA, avec près d'un mort par jour.
Il y suit de près une équipe d'une vingtaine de personnes au cours de leurs enquêtes mais aussi au sein de leur brigade : leurs équipes, les coups politiques, les bitures au bar après le service, les engueulades, les réconciliations. Dans les rues, ça sent la mort, ça deale, ça tue, ça crève. Dans les bureaux, ça sent la bière rance et le vestiaire sans fenêtres. Simon n'a pas son pareil pour nous amener à la rencontre de ses camarades d'une année difficile. Au cours des enquêtes, il nous présente chaque inspecteur, chaque supérieur. Ce ne sont pas des personnages. Ce sont des êtres humains qui font l'un des boulots les plus difficile de la planète.
Simon s'acharne aussi à détruire toutes nos habitudes, toutes nos attentes, en manière de polar. Le crime parfait existe. Les méchants sont souvent impunis. Les empreintes sont très rares et ne prouvent souvent rien. Les jurés sont rarement malins et le doute est toujours raisonnable à leurs yeux. Etc.
Bref, c'est une grosse grosse claque dans la gueule de Sherlock Holmes et des médiocres séries type Les Experts, ainsi que dans tous les polars à la Colombo. Au delà de cela, le livre est extrêmement bien écrit, dans un style journalistique, et se dévore rapidement. J'ai rarement plié un pavé de 1000 pages aussi vite.
Un livre à lire absolument si on est fan de polar, histoire d'avoir enfin un aperçu du réel. Un livre à lire absolument quand on vote pour toujours plus d'ordre et de sécurité, afin d'avoir là aussi, enfin, un aperçu du réel. (