The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop's Crusade in Mormon Country

New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman , Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblazing police work in the most unlikely place for a Black cop in the ’90s. Determined to pursue his passion for undercover work wherever it leads, Ron Stallworth finally lands in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once again, he’s an outsider—not only as a Black man on a mostly white police force but also as an unapologetic nonbeliever in a state dominated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But soon after his first drug bust in the Beehive, Stallworth makes a startling discovery—Bloods and Crips are infiltrating Mormon Country, threatening to turn the deeply conservative community into a hotbed of crime. Kids are bombing homes while carrying pocket versions of the Book of Mormon, yet his fellow cops are in denial that gangs are wreaking havoc in their Christian town. Now... New York Timesbestselling author ofBlack KlansmanRon Stallworth returns with another one-of-a-kind firsthand account of trailblazing police work. After breaking ground as the first Black detective in Colorado Springs, Stallworth finds himself taking on the Bloods and Crips in Mormon country. When presumed allies community leaders, elected officials and even fellow law enforcement, all Mormons prove to be his biggest obstacles to exposing the gangs, Stallworth remains undeterred. Set in the 90s, one of hip hops biggest eras, The Gangs of Zion takes you on Stallworths next adventure as he infiltrates himself into notorious gang culture to save the lives of young Mormon boys in Utah. He battleseveryone from violent skinheads to nave Mormon cops, first in Utah, and eventually his brilliant police work is taken into halls of the US Congress.This book is what became of Stallworth after the BlacKkKlansman investigation.