Jinho piper ferreira biography of williams

Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira grew up in West Oakland, California, during the  crack epidemic.

Written by a dynamic couple, Jinho “The Piper” Ferreira and his wife Dr. Dawn Williams Ferreira, this book engages readers by making people think.

Through sports, he found his way out of the violence and drug-filled streets and attended San Francisco State University, earning a degree in Black Studies. At the same time, his hip-hop group Flipsyde was attracting attention and eventually took off, touring the world and fronting for artists such as Snoop Dogg, the Game, and the Black Eyed Peas.

Then in January 2009, standing in the midst of a demonstration protesting the police shooting of an unarmed black man, Ferreira began to consider a truly radical idea: “If people who loved justice enough to protest brutality were not willing to become police officers, then it was highly probable the change we were searching for would not occur.” It took some time, but from that moment, he decided to become a police officer.

And yet, the arts remain a central part of his life.