Meet the black men and women policing our meanest streets . . .

LaVerne Dunlap - She infiltrates drug gangs and testifies against them in court . . . only to have the drug lords come gunning for her.

Dep. County Sheriff Winroe Reed - He goes into America's "Homicide Capital" alone to apprehend a 6'9" homicidal crack dealer . . . a man so dangerous no other cops would accompany him.

Robbie Robinson - A movie actor/martial arts star/probation officer, he takes down LA's toughest gangs.

These are just a few of the courageous black heroes in Hugh Holton's The Thin Black Line.