“The format is different from any other I’ve done. “Homicide of a Rat is probably the last book I’ll write,” Rashad said. His notable books include Man’s Search For Peace and Battlefield Business, but his most recent, Homicide of a Rat, is what Rashad said he is most proud of. Rashad’s work focuses on true crimes and many incidents he was involved in while he was in a gang or in the police force. Rashad has now published nine books and essays and speaks in different locations two to three times a week. Rashad also works with the Jamestown Human Rights Commission to help the homeless alongside the mayor. It was at this point that he began to write and speak about his experiences and knowledge. While teaching, Rashad decided he wanted to do something more and returned to New York to become a professor, then eventually decided he wanted to be a public speaker. Rashad became a state trooper in Colorado and eventually, after ending up in the hospital several times and losing many of his partners, left the force to teach cadets. He moved to Colorado and became an assistant sheriff in Denver with the gang unit. Rashad was a federal police officer and sheriff for years. That’s when Rashad heard about the Minneapolis police department hiring, so he drove there and eventually got hired as a cop. They only do this test every three or four years, so this was my last chance. Only I came back and missed the test to be part of the squad by a few days. I enlisted in the army, spent my four years there, and then returned to New York to try again. “I was laughed at and told I needed experience. “I tried to apply to the state police when I was 17,” Rashad said. He spent time in several foster homes and growing up had times when he was on the streets and homeless. Rashad was a member of a gang between the ages of seven and twelve. “So I wrote what I knew and published it, and that’s how my career began.” “Something inside me said I should write,” Rashad said.
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