Quotes by Jonny Steinberg, Thin Blue: The Unwritten Rules of Policing South Africa

“There are not so many murders in this township, I think to myself, and not so few policemen, that a killing should be treated like an old woman who has lost her cat.”

“Constable N stepped away from the car, into the darkness where Darren could not see where his gun was pointing, and fired two rounds into the air. The gunshots cracked the roof of the night sky and...”

“About a year ago, an entire suburb in this mans jurisdiction turned from the police and erected a substitute agency. To all intents and purposes, several thousand people here have severed their rel...”

“Difficult times do not produce gentility, as if there is an angle hovering over the world of the oppressed.”

“About a year ago, an entire suburb in this man’s jurisdiction turned from the police and erected a substitute agency. To all intents and purposes, several thousand people here have severed their re...”