Freshman memoirist, Shannon Lewandowski, entreats the-powers-that-be and the citizens of Milwaukee take a closer look at social justice issues present in mass media. Primarily that which deals with the onslaught of Black lives lost at the hands of those who vowed to protect and serve our community. Lewandowski painstakingly recalls her personal experiences in law enforcement, peeling back the layers of Milwaukee Police Department ravaged by systemic racism, sexism, and corruption. What lives here are not merely stories ripped from headlines, they are haunted memories that beg reprieve in the wholehearted truth, and nothing but the truth, of these boldly written pages.