How Long to Read Standoff

How Long Does it Take to Read Standoff?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Standoff by Jamie Thompson (Journalist)

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Award-winning reporter Jamie Thompson's gripping investigation of a shooter's attack on Dallas police officers, leading to the most controversial decision in the history of American policing On July 7, 2016, hundreds of protesters gathered in Dallas after the shooting of two black men - Philando Castile and Alton Sterling - by white policemen. One hundred Dallas police officers stood guard. At around nine p.m., a gunman opened fire into the line of officers from behind. Five were killed and a dozen more injured. Senior Cpl. Larry Gordon, a black twenty-one year department veteran, managed to keep the shooter talking, in part by bonding with him, to buy the SWAT officers enough time to come up with a strategy to take him out - one that was extremely controversial and unprecedented on American soil. Thompson's intimate portrait of the lives of the shooter and the hostage negotiator, as well as the officers, the black surgeon who operated on them, and their families, gets to the heart of the deeply pressing issue of race and policing in our country. In the aftermath of the shooting, police forces and white and black communities all over the country were left grappling with questions of who our police force protects, what constitutes a threat, and who is entitled to physical safety or self-defense in this country.

How long is Standoff?

Standoff by Jamie Thompson (Journalist) is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Standoff Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Standoff aloud.

What Reading Level is Standoff?

Standoff is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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