doi:10.7916/sg1m-e765Oral history interview with Wayne Bolt, 2018Bolt, Wayneoral historiesmixed materialMass incarceration--United StatesFamilies, Black--Effect of imprisonment onCommunities--Effect of drugs onViolence--United StatesPolice-community relations--New YorkPolice, Black--United StatesRacial profiling in law enforcement--United StatesPoverty--United StatesPoliceBolt, WayneNew York (N.Y.). Police DepartmentBlack Liberation ArmyWayne Bolt discusses his military service during the Vietnam War. He also discusses his early days with the NYPD in the 1980s, being one of the very few Black police officers in his precinct. He talks about the role race has played throughout his career in different precincts. He shares several stories about high-profile individuals he has run-ins with while on the police force (including Assata Shakur and John Gotti), encounters he had with the community, and experiences he had being a Black police officer in Brooklyn. He discusses issues such as immigration and drug trafficking as they intersect with law enforcement