Who do you serve, who do you protect? : police violence and resistance in the United States

Who do you serve, who do you protect? : police violence and resistance in the United States /

Explores the reality of US police violence against Black, Brown and Indigenous communities.

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Other Authors: Schenwar, Maya (Editor), Macaré, Joe (Editor), Price, Alana Yu-lan (Editor), Garza, Alicia, 1981- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2016.
Subjects:
Discrimination in law enforcement > United States.
Racial profiling in law enforcement > United States.
Police brutality > United States.
Police misconduct > United States.
Social movements > United States > 21st century.
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Table of 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.

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