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Rodney Demery Releases New Book NO PLACE FOR RACE

By: Oct. 30, 2013
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Shreveport, LA, October 30, 2013 - Viewers of CBS' reality show, Undercover Boss know that CEOs and company owners learn valuable information when working undercover within the ranks of their business. By the same token, spend 24 hours with veteran homicide detective, Rodney Demery and chances are the gut-wrenching scenes will haunt you forever. Frustrated at the lack of action by our nation's leadership to keep our communities safe, Demery sites real-actionable solutions in his book, No Place For Race: Why We Need to Address Economic and Social Factors That Are Crushing Us Every Day.

Demery believes that we need to stop sensationalizing racial division in the media and get to the root of the problem. He challenges our leadership to take responsibility and to stop the racial rhetoric - which only promotes fear. The truth is that racial profiling is an irrational assumption when the police policymakers and management are increasingly black. He further confirms that, "The most likely threat to a black man is another black man; not a white man as the media and black leaders would often have you believe."

"This isn't a race thing," says Demery. "I know because I am at the crime scenes when the yellow "crime scene" tape is put up. I am with the coroner when the autopsy is performed. And I am one of the detectives who hears the excruciating wails of the grieving family when I tell them that their child has been murdered. We must take action to stop these senseless killings ... and the time is now."

Demery admits civil rights have come a long way. We've overcome denial to attend top universities, as well as the right to vote. Blacks are heading police departments, serving on the Supreme Court and even serving as the POTUS. One wonders, then, with so many black leaders, why are there so many blacks dying in the streets?

"Leadership and politicians have done a disservice to our communities," says Demery. "Simply put, our so-called leaders are not leading. It's a fact that 94% of black people are killed by black people, but what is being done about this? Nothing - only finger pointing and accusations stemming from things that happened more than 40 years ago. Worse yet, many leaders (both black and white) in our police departments and government choose not to speak up for fear of repercussion. The question we need to ask is what are we doing to change these statistics today?"

A decorated veteran of the United States Navy, Detective Rodney Demery has served the public as an officer of the peace for 25 years. Demery, who served in both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield, attended Louisiana State University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Throughout his career as a police officer, he has worked in three states.

Rodney Demery is the author of 2011 Amazon Kindle Best Seller, Things My Daughters Need to Know: A Cop and Father's View of Sex, Relationships and Happiness.

For more, please visit the author's website: www.RodDemery.com

Available on Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com
No Place For Race: Why We Need to Address Economic and Social Factors That Are Crushing Us Every Day
by Rodney L. Demery
ASIN: B00G2039SW
BN ID: 2940148552451



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