Hands up, don't shoot : why the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore matter, and how they changed America /

Hands up, don't shoot : why the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore matter, and how they changed America / Jennifer E. Cobbina.

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Publisher's description: Following the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest over the unjustified homicides of unarmed black males at the hands of police officers...

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Main Author: Cobbina, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Police brutality > Missouri > Ferguson.
Police brutality > Maryland > Baltimore.
African American men > Violence against.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Police-community relations > United States.
Protest movements > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Police brutality.
Police-community relations.
Protest movements.
Race relations.
United States > Race relations.
Maryland > Baltimore.
Missouri > Ferguson.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Race and policing : the more things change, the more they remain the same
  • "Guilty until proven innocent" : life under suspicion
  • "It's a blue thing" : race and black police officers
  • "We stand united" : why protesters marched
  • "I will be out here every day strong!" : repressive policing and future activism
  • Public disorder.

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