Grant Patterson
Grant is a retired law enforcement officer and native of Vancouver, BC. He has also lived in Brazil. He has written twelve books. In 2018, two of them were shortlisted for the 2018 Wattys Awards.
HOW TO KILL A DEMOCRACY IN FIVE EASY STEPS
HOW TO KILL A DEMOCRACY: FIVE EASY STEPS If you were a doctor, and American Democracy was the patient, what would you conclude about the patient’s prognosis, after the shocking events of this week? Would you conclude that the patient, seemingly near death, had been killed by an acute injury, or a chronic illness?
Grant PattersonPublished 17 days ago in The SwampA Violent Society Demands a Peaceful Police
There’s a contradiction central to the movement to, as a group of thoroughly woke Google employees put it, “defang” the police.
Grant PattersonPublished 7 months ago in The SwampOne Baby Bird
Even if you don’t have kids, you can certainly relate to the following statement: “Today, I should’ve hit the snooze button.”
Grant PattersonPublished 7 months ago in Families
A Writer's Surprise
Every so often, I like to re-read my own books. Maybe it’s an exercise in hubris. Actually, there’s no maybe about it.
Grant PattersonPublished 8 months ago in JournalAnother Tragedy, Another Missed Opportunity
Scenes from America’s latest racial outrage: A police officer, surrounded by his fellow officers and a watching crowd, kneels on the neck of a black man named George Floyd until he passes out. By the time the ambulance arrives, it’s too late. George pleads with the officers to stop the pressure on his neck, as does the crowd. But it falls on deaf ears.
Grant PattersonPublished 8 months ago in CriminalPostcards From a Pandemic, Part Six: Bad Times for Little Hitlers
If there’s one group of people who’ve flourished in the global pandemic, it’s the judgy among us. I use the term “Little Hitlers,” an English pejorative for those who never seem happy unless they are pointing out the flaws in others’ behaviour, and making constant suggestions, however unwanted, for the self-improvement of their neighbours.
Grant PattersonPublished 8 months ago in The SwampThe Blue Wall of Embarrassment
Here’s a maddening misconception about law enforcement that drives most cops crazy: The old “Blue Wall of Silence.” Yes, police culture does demand a certain amount of brotherly and sisterly loyalty. After all, these people you suit up with in the locker room are the same people who may have to pound ass down a blind alley, responding to your “Officer needs assistance call.” They are the same people who may have to drag you out of a pool of broken glass and your own blood under fire.
Grant PattersonPublished 9 months ago in CriminalRicky Gervais' After Life
I am 51. After years of deluding myself that I am still 35, I can no longer sustain the illusion. The scale, and the mirror, beg to differ.
Grant PattersonPublished 9 months ago in Geeks
