Forced Out: A Detective's Story of Prejudice and Resilience (Paperback)

One of the most compulsive books I've read in a long while. Maxwell's experiences as a black gay policeman demonstrate how far we have to go as a country when the institution created to protect us persecutes us instead. I was shocked and saddened at the systemic discrimination and corruption directed at him by his colleagues and superiors, and how they closed ranks to cover their tracks -- Bernardine Evaristo * author of Booker prizewinning Girl, Woman, Other *
Forced Out is a searing dissection of institutional racism and personal tragedy with two major UK police forces with tendrils extending into the dark world of compromat and media manipulation. Painstakingly researched and beautifully written, this is a burning, righteous book -- A. L. Kennedy
Brave and essential, Forced Out is a shocking expose of racism and homophobia in today's police. This courageous book pushes us to demand equality, fairness and accountability -- Peter Tatchell
Kevin is an example of what the police force needs in its ranks: a gay, black man from an ordinary family. [And yet] his career was destroyed by unaccountable, untouchable senior officers who don't like different ... We all need to read accounts like this to understand the mechanics of inequality so that it can be dismantled -- Gurpal Virdi, author of * Behind the Blue Line *
Chilling * Observer *
A compelling expose of racism and homophobia within the police force -- Gay's the Word
The story of the racism he saw at the heart of the machine is staggering - revealed in his important, gripping new book -- Johann Hari
Impressive... An engrossing read and a terrible indictment of the British police force -- Books of the Year chosen by Bernadine Evaristo * New Statesman *