AUDIOBOOK

Harbingers

What January 6 and Charlottesville Reveal About Rising Threats to American Democracy

Timothy J. Heaphy
3
(6)
Duration
8h 54m
Year
2024
Language
English

About

A crucial, clear-eyed assessment of what connects the two most influential moments of political violence in recent American history, and where we go from here
This dramatic, revealing book offers an insider account of the planning and aftermath of the racist riot in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, and the insurrection at the US. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
As the lead investigator into both tragic days, Tim Heaphy has an absolutely unique perspective. Readers will travel alongside Heaphy as he organized his team and structured the massive investigations they were about to take, as he interacts with politicians and members of law enforcement, interviews planners, perpetrators, and bystanders, gathers and sorts evidence, and compels and records testimony in order to create a record for today's voters as well as future generations.
In his page-turning book, he shares what he saw and came to understand about what those events say about the state of American democracy. He examines how and why they took place with the hope that understanding the contexts of these events will be a crucial and helpful step toward avoiding similar episodes of political violence in the years ahead.
An unparalleled firsthand account from the foremost expert on American political violence, crucial for readers of Liz Cheney's Oath and Honor, and How Democracies Die

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Crisp and to the point, Matt Godfrey delivers this timely audiobook in a tone of urgency and optimism. Heaphy led the legal team charged with investigating the Unite the Right riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 and the January 6 riot in Washington, DC, in 2021. Listeners hear a concise overview of those events with well-organized details that illuminate how these tragic events unfolded. G
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