Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-10-23
Books mentioned on Part Two: Daryl Gates: The Man Who Invented SWAT Teams and DARE
Robert concludes the story of Daryl Gates with his founding of SWAT and insane reaction to the LA Riots. See omnystudio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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L.A. Noir
L.A.
Discussed“And the book La Noir describes what happens next. By the time Marquette got angry, a crowd of roughly a hundred bystanders had gathered. Some of them started to murmur angrily. Minus's partner slipped off and radioed a code 1199.”
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Chief
Chief by Daryl F.
Discussed“And to give that story, I'm going to quote from Gates's book Chief. One day with a big smile on my face, I popped in to tell my deputy chief Ed Davis that I'd thought up a new acronym for my special new unit.”
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City of Quartz
City of Quartz by Mike Davis is a critical urban history and architectural critique that examines the social, political, and economic forces shaping Los Angeles.
Discussed“In City of Quartz, the great Mike Davis describes how he would quote luridly chronicle the racism and trigger happiness of the blue knights towards ordinary blacks. Gates, the third Parker protege in a row to command the LAPD, ridiculed these charges and the liberals who listened to them.”
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