| Description |
1 online resource (x, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / Alicia Garza -- Introduction / Maya Schenwar, Joe Macaré and Alana Yu-lan Price -- Part I. Police failing to serve and protect. Killing the future : the theft of Black life / Nicholas Powers -- Ring of snitches : how Detroit police slapped false murder convictions on young Black men / Aaron Miguel Cantu -- Amid shootings, Chicago Police Department upholds culture of impunity / Sarah Macaraeg and Alison Flowers -- Beyond Homan Square : US history is steeped in torture / Adam Hudson -- "Never again a world without us" : the many tentacles of state violence against Black-Brown-Indigenous communities / Roberto Rodriguez -- Killing Africa / William C. Anderson -- Say her name : what it mean to center Black women's experiences of police violence / Andrea J. Ritchie -- Your pregnancy may subject you to even more law enforcement violence / Victoria Law -- Black parenting matters : raising children in a world of police terror / Eisa Nefertari Ulen -- Part II. Communities building resistance and alternative. Big dreams and bold steps toward a police-free future / Rachel Herzig -- We charge genocide : the emergence of a movement / Asha Rosa, Monica Trinidad and Page May -- Heeding the call : Black women fighting for Black lives that matter / Thandisizwe Chimurenga -- Our history and our dreams : building Black and Native solidarity / Kelly Hayes -- A new year's resolution : don't call the police / Mike Ludwig -- Community groups work to provide emergency medical alternatives, separate from police / Candice Bernd -- Building community safety : practical steps toward liberatory transformation / Ejeris Dixon -- Acknowledgments -- About the editors and contributors -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
Explores the reality of US police violence against Black, Brown and Indigenous communities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 14, 2018) |
| Subject |
Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States
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Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States
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Police brutality -- United States
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Police misconduct -- United States
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Social movements -- United States -- 21st century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Discrimination in law enforcement
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Police brutality
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Police misconduct
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Racial profiling in law enforcement
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Social movements
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
essays.
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Essays
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Essays.
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Essais.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schenwar, Maya, editor.
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Macaré, Joe, editor.
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Price, Alana Yu-lan, editor.
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Garza, Alicia, 1981- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781608466849 |
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1608466841 |
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