Police Encounters Of A Black Kind

Author : Stephen D. Harper
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798823000499

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Police Encounters of a Black Kind by Stephen D. Harper Pdf

Oftentimes, we find ourselves entering various stages of life unaware of the outcome. Some enter from a faith-based perspective, while others operate a different way. Chances are, we are driven by what we think is right for us, at the time. It’s part of our human experience; knowing what serves you. The challenges placed on our path to success help develop and shape who we need to become in the future. They are expected but unforeseeable; anticipated but not specific. Stephen Harper’s journey in law enforcement proved to be no different. His challenges, however, led to a greater sense of accomplishment. As a former, South Florida cop, Stephen recognizes the police problem this nation faces; especially when it comes to the treatment of the Black community. Therefore, he has offered a solution for the on-going issue. His suggestions aim to reduce tensions between law enforcement and the Black community. It will uplift both those who still work in the profession as well as those who do not. His stories are very informative, very relatable. With an insightful view into the police mentality, Stephen imparts just how the police think, work and act when dealing with the public. He even advises what responses they are looking for during certain encounters; and how to avoid preventable jail time; based upon certain conduct in the presence of the police. Those who wish to avoid heightened police encounters will benefit from the information contained in this book. It is a transformational nonfiction, solution-based book, that offers distinctive measures for a new perspective on policing, attributable from Stephen Harper’s success in the law enforcement profession. This book is based on true events. The reader will appreciate his candor, his honesty, and his bravery; adding value to all those who read it.

Author : Sanya Whittaker Gragg
Publisher : 3g Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736535307

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Momma, Did You Hear the News? by Sanya Whittaker Gragg Pdf

Starred Review from The School Library Journal Parents & Teachers can use this book as conversation starter about race and the police.

Author : Rosa Brooks
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525557869

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Tangled Up in Blue by Rosa Brooks Pdf

Named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by The Washington Post “Tangled Up in Blue is a wonderfully insightful book that provides a lens to critically analyze urban policing and a road map for how our most dispossessed citizens may better relate to those sworn to protect and serve.” —The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . Brooks has produced an engaging page-turner that also outlines many broadly applicable lessons and sensible policy reforms.” —Foreign Affairs Journalist and law professor Rosa Brooks goes beyond the "blue wall of silence" in this radical inside examination of American policing In her forties, with two children, a spouse, a dog, a mortgage, and a full-time job as a tenured law professor at Georgetown University, Rosa Brooks decided to become a cop. A liberal academic and journalist with an enduring interest in law's troubled relationship with violence, Brooks wanted the kind of insider experience that would help her understand how police officers make sense of their world—and whether that world can be changed. In 2015, against the advice of everyone she knew, she applied to become a sworn, armed reserve police officer with the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department. Then as now, police violence was constantly in the news. The Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum, protests wracked America's cities, and each day brought more stories of cruel, corrupt cops, police violence, and the racial disparities that mar our criminal justice system. Lines were being drawn, and people were taking sides. But as Brooks made her way through the police academy and began work as a patrol officer in the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods of the nation's capital, she found a reality far more complex than the headlines suggested. In Tangled Up in Blue, Brooks recounts her experiences inside the usually closed world of policing. From street shootings and domestic violence calls to the behind-the-scenes police work during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential inauguration, Brooks presents a revelatory account of what it's like inside the "blue wall of silence." She issues an urgent call for new laws and institutions, and argues that in a nation increasingly divided by race, class, ethnicity, geography, and ideology, a truly transformative approach to policing requires us to move beyond sound bites, slogans, and stereotypes. An explosive and groundbreaking investigation, Tangled Up in Blue complicates matters rather than simplifies them, and gives pause both to those who think police can do no wrong—and those who think they can do no right.

Author : Jason Reynolds,Brendan Kiely
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781481463355

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All American Boys by Jason Reynolds,Brendan Kiely Pdf

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad’s pleadings that he’s stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad’s resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad’s every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn Collins—a varsity basketball player and Rashad’s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan—and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team—half of whom are Rashad’s best friends—start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. Written in tandem by two award-winning authors, this four-starred reviewed tour de force shares the alternating perspectives of Rashad and Quinn as the complications from that single violent moment, the type taken directly from today’s headlines, unfold and reverberate to highlight an unwelcome truth.

Author : Ezekiel ZEKE
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798696548005

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The Talk by Ezekiel ZEKE Pdf

This book is an ABSOLUTE "MUST READ" if you want to understand the concept of "police-encounters" and "police brutality." Many Black people are getting themselves harmed or killed by the Police because they do not understand the concept of what a "Police-Encounter" should entail. This book is AN INFORMATIVE, EDUCATIONAL & IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHAT "BLACK PEOPLE" & OTHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT "POLICE-ENCOUNTERS." If you do not understand the concept of a "police-encounter," you are most certainly putting yourself at risk for PHYSICAL HARM OR DEATH! EVERY BLACK PERSON in America should read and internalize this very short straight-to-the-point book! YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DURING A POLICE-ENCOUNTER TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY GET THROUGH IT! IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE IN THE "KNOW" ABOUT POLICE-ENCOUNTERS; NOT NECESSARILY THE POLICE OFFICER'S. Also, properly educate your CHILDREN, your young-adults, and your LOVED-ONES about police-encounters to keep them safe and out of harm's way. Do not be foolish and ignore these potential life, death, and/or limb-threatening matters that can happen at any given time. It is very important to "KNOW" what rights and authority the Police Officer has during a police-encounter, as well as your rights. If you care about your well-being and want to be in the know you will ABSOLUTELY take advantage of this book. BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER, you WILL, more-than-likely have to deal with Police on some level. SO, WHY NOT ALREADY BE PREPARED AND KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU AND THEM? This is SERIOUS BUSINESS! IF YOU THINK BLACK-AMERICANS ARE BEING MISTREATED DURING THE MAJORITY OF POLICE ENCOUNTERS, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE VERY SURPRISED OF WHAT THIS BOOK ENTAILS. WHAT IS A POLICE-ENCOUNTER? Basically, a police-encounter is a situation when you have been stopped, detained, or have come into contact or face-to-face with the Police that is usually initiated by a Police Officer. There are too many psychological poisons, psychological cancers, and psychological toxins within the Black community in America today that are leading us astray! Black-Americans stop wrongfully judging, or passing judgment, or claiming racism or prejudice against Police until you have thoroughly read this very short book. Black-Americans, stop claiming Police-brutality until you have read this very short book! BLACK-AMERICANS WE ARE IN DANGER! Black people should adhere to the information and ideals contained in this book, or we as a Black race of people will continue to see ourselves being JUSTIFIABLY demised by the Police, and in other ways! This book is for Whites and others as well who want to understand what a police-encounter should entail. However, Black-Americans particularly, need to take heed to the information in this book! This is very good news, information, and education about police-encounters. MY AIM IN THIS BOOK IS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON SOME MISCONCEPTIONS & MISLEAD THOUGHT PROCESSES. MY AIM IS NOT TO SIDE WITH THE POLICE, NOR SIDE WITH THE BLACK CITIZENS. MY AIM IS TO TELL THE TRUTH, EXPLAIN THE LAW IN GENERAL, & TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE & FAIR-TREATMENT TO BRING ABOUT MORE HARMONY AND PEACE BETWEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND THE POLICE. THIS STARTS WITH BEING EDUCATED & HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT "POLICE-ENCOUNTERS." Having this knowledge can possibly mean the difference between LIFE & DEATH during a "POLICE-ENCOUNTER." BLACK MOTHER AND FATHER, don't you want to equip your son and daughter with the proper knowledge on this vital matter? Well, you certainly should! As-a-matter-of-fact, everyone should want this vital information. Purchasing this book is a great spiritual deed, it supports a great spiritual cause, it will save lives, and it will help to bring about more fairness, understanding, and peace and harmony within our great American society. As a great Spiritual People, it is our duty to support all that is GOOD. Therefore, purchase this book, NOW! Congratulations!

Author : Angela J. Davis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781101871287

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Policing the Black Man by Angela J. Davis Pdf

A comprehensive, readable analysis of the key issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, this thought-provoking and compelling anthology features essays by some of the nation’s most influential and respected criminal justice experts and legal scholars. “Somewhere among the anger, mourning and malice that Policing the Black Man documents lies the pursuit of justice. This powerful book demands our fierce attention.” —Toni Morrison Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing. Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of racism in the criminal justice system to an examination of modern-day police killings of unarmed black men. The contributors discuss and explain racial profiling, the power and discretion of police and prosecutors, the role of implicit bias, the racial impact of police and prosecutorial decisions, the disproportionate imprisonment of black men, the collateral consequences of mass incarceration, and the Supreme Court’s failure to provide meaningful remedies for the injustices in the criminal justice system. Policing the Black Man is an enlightening must-read for anyone interested in the critical issues of race and justice in America.

Author : Ezekiel Fierce Zeke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1070553123

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Police-Encounters by Ezekiel Fierce Zeke Pdf

This book is a "MUST READ" if you want to understand the concept of "police-encounters." Many Black people are getting themselves harmed or killed by the Police because they do not understand the concept of what a "Police-Encounter" should entail. This book is AN EDUCATIONAL & IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHAT "BLACK PEOPLE" & OTHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT "POLICE-ENCOUNTERS." If you do not understand the concept of a "police-encounter," you are most certainly putting yourself at risk for PHYSICAL HARM OR DEATH! EVERY BLACK PERSON in America should read and internalize this book! YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DURING A POLICE-ENCOUNTER TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY GET THROUGH IT! IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE IN THE "KNOW" ABOUT POLICE-ENCOUNTERS; NOT NECESSARILY THE POLICE OFFICER'S. Also, properly educate your CHILDREN AND LOVED-ONES about police-encounters to keep them safe and out of harm's way. Do not be foolish and ignore these potential life, death, or limb-threatening matters that can happen at any time. It is very important to "KNOW" what rights and authority the Police Officer has during a police-encounter, as well as your rights, in case you must have to deal with a police-encounter. If you care about your well-being and want to be in the know you will ABSOLUTELY take advantage of this book. SOONER OR LATER, you WILL more-than-likely have to deal with Police on some level. WHY NOT ALREADY BE PREPARED AND KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU AND THEM? This is SERIOUS BUSINESS! IF YOU THINK BLACK-AMERICANS ARE BEING MISTREATED DURING THE MAJORITY OF POLICE ENCOUNTERS, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE VERY SURPRISED OF WHAT THIS BOOK ENTAILS, HOWEVER, PLEASE KEEP READING. WHAT IS A POLICE-ENCOUNTER? Basically, a police-encounter is a situation when you have been stopped, detained, or have come into contact or face-to-face with the Police that is usually initiated by a Police Officer. This very short straight-to-the-point informative and educational book is a must read if you want to be in the "KNOW" when it comes to police-encounters in America today! There are too many psychological poisons, cancers, and toxins within the Black community in America today! Black-Americans stop wrongfully judging, or passing judgment, or claiming racism or prejudice against Police until you have thoroughly read this very short straight-to-the-point book. Black-Americans, stop claiming Police-brutality until you have read this very short straight-to-the-point book! BLACK-AMERICANS WE ARE IN DANGER! This book contains some very strong facts and truths about police-encounters in AMERICA that you definitely need to know! Black people should adhere to the information and ideals contained in this book, or we as a Black race of people will continue to see ourselves being JUSTIFIABLY demised by the Police, and in other ways! This book is for Whites and others as well who want to understand what a police-encounter should entail. However, Black-Americans particularly, need to take heed to the information in this book! There is very good news, information, and education about police-encounters in this very short straight-to-the-point book! Please read and comprehend; if you can! MY AIM IN THIS BOOK IS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON THESE MISCONCEPTIONS & MISLEAD THOUGHT PROCESSES. MY AIM IS NOT TO SIDE WITH THE POLICE, NOR SIDE WITH THE BLACK CITIZENS. MY AIM IS TO TELL THE TRUTH, EXPLAIN THE LAW IN GENERAL, & TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE & FAIR-TREATMENT TO BRING MORE HARMONY, PEACE, AND BALANCE WITHIN OUR AMERICAN SOCIETY BETWEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND THE POLICE. THIS STARTS WITH BEING EDUCATED & HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT "POLICE-ENCOUNTERS." Having the knowledge that is contained in this very short straight-to-the-point book can possibly mean the difference between LIFE & DEATH during a "POLICE-ENCOUNTER." BLACK MOTHER AND FATHER, don't you want to equip your son and daughter with the proper knowledge on this vital matter? You should. PLEASE CONTINUE

Author : Geoffrey Mount Varner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692850481

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Home Alive by Geoffrey Mount Varner Pdf

Home Alive will ease your worries.It is an absolute URGENT READ.Dr. Mount Varner, a Harvard graduate, board-certified emergency medicine physician and father uses real emergency department stories, experiences, data and interviews to share 11 MUST researched strategies that will save your life. This is not a police bashing book.Home Alive and the 11 strategies presented immediately starts to save lives now once read.Often the police use of deadly force began as a routine stop or as a simple domestic call. Every encounter with the police presents its own unique risk for anyone involved. This danger affect us all, including my ten-year-old son and the sons and daughters of so many others.

Author : Matthew Horace,Ron Harris
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780316440073

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The Black and the Blue by Matthew Horace,Ron Harris Pdf

Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction "A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION OF RACE AND POLICE BRUTALITY IN AMERICA."-CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his service- when Horace found himself face down on the ground with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer-that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments. Through gut-wrenching reportage, on-the-ground research, and personal accounts from interviews with police and government officials around the country, Horace presents an insider's examination of archaic police tactics. He dissects some of the nation's most highly publicized police shootings and communities to explain how these systems and tactics have hurt the people they serve, revealing the mistakes that have stoked racist policing, sky-high incarceration rates, and an epidemic of violence. "Horace's authority as an experienced officer, as well as his obvious integrity and courage, provides the book with a gravitas."-THE WASHINGTON POST "The Black and the Blue is an affirmation of the critical need for criminal justice reform, all the more urgent because itcomes from an insider who respects his profession yet is willing to reveal its flaws."-USA TODAY

Author : Ezekiel ZEKE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1795679646

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The Truth about Blacks and Police-Encounters by Ezekiel ZEKE Pdf

This book is a "MUST READ" if you want to understand the concept of "police-encounters." Many Black people are getting themselves harmed or killed by the Police because they do not understand the concept of what a "Police-Encounter" should entail. This book is AN EDUCATIONAL & IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHAT "BLACK PEOPLE" & OTHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT "POLICE-ENCOUNTERS." If you do not understand the concept of a "police-encounter," you are most certainly putting yourself at risk for PHYSICAL HARM OR DEATH! EVERY BLACK PERSON in America should read and internalize this book! YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DURING A POLICE-ENCOUNTER TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY GET THROUGH IT! IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE IN THE "KNOW" ABOUT POLICE-ENCOUNTERS; NOT NECESSARILY THE POLICE OFFICER'S. Also, properly educate your CHILDREN AND LOVED-ONES about police-encounters to keep them safe and out of harm's way. Do not be foolish and ignore these potential life, death, or limb-threatening matters that can happen at any time. It is very important to "KNOW" what rights and authority the Police Officer has during a police-encounter, as well as your rights, in case you must have to deal with a police-encounter. If you care about your well-being and want to be in the know you will ABSOLUTELY take advantage of this book. SOONER OR LATER, you WILL more-than-likely have to deal with Police on some level. WHY NOT ALREADY BE PREPARED AND KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU AND THEM? This is SERIOUS BUSINESS! IF YOU THINK BLACK-AMERICANS ARE BEING MISTREATED DURING THE MAJORITY OF POLICE ENCOUNTERS, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE VERY SURPRISED OF WHAT THIS BOOK ENTAILS, HOWEVER, PLEASE KEEP READING. WHAT IS A POLICE-ENCOUNTER? Basically, a police-encounter is a situation when you have been stopped, detained, or have come into contact or face-to-face with the Police that is usually initiated by a Police Officer. This very short straight-to-the-point informative and educational book is a must read if you want to be in the "KNOW" when it comes to police-encounters in America today! There are too many psychological poisons, cancers, and toxins within the Black community in America today! Black-Americans stop wrongfully judging, or passing judgment, or claiming racism or prejudice against Police until you have thoroughly read this very short straight-to-the-point book. Black-Americans, stop claiming Police-brutality until you have read this very short straight-to-the-point book! BLACK-AMERICANS WE ARE IN DANGER! This book contains some very strong facts and truths about police-encounters in AMERICA that you definitely need to know! Black people should adhere to the information and ideals contained in this book, or we as a Black race of people will continue to see ourselves being JUSTIFIABLY demised by the Police, and in other ways! This book is for Whites and others as well who want to understand what a police-encounter should entail. However, Black-Americans particularly, need to take heed to the information in this book! There is very good news, information, and education about police-encounters in this very short straight-to-the-point book! Please read and comprehend; if you can! MY AIM IN THIS BOOK IS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON THESE MISCONCEPTIONS & MISLEAD THOUGHT PROCESSES. MY AIM IS NOT TO SIDE WITH THE POLICE, NOR SIDE WITH THE BLACK CITIZENS. MY AIM IS TO TELL THE TRUTH, EXPLAIN THE LAW IN GENERAL, & TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE & FAIR-TREATMENT TO BRING MORE HARMONY, PEACE, AND BALANCE WITHIN OUR AMERICAN SOCIETY BETWEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND THE POLICE. THIS STARTS WITH BEING EDUCATED & HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT "POLICE-ENCOUNTERS." Having the knowledge that is contained in this very short straight-to-the-point book can possibly mean the difference between LIFE & DEATH during a "POLICE-ENCOUNTER." BLACK MOTHER AND FATHER, don't you want to equip your son and daughter with the proper knowledge on this vital matter? You should. PLEASE CONTINUE

Author : Robyn Maynard
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781552669808

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Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard Pdf

Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada. While highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance, Policing Black Lives traces the still-living legacy of slavery across multiple institutions, shedding light on the state’s role in perpetuating contemporary Black poverty and unemployment, racial profiling, law enforcement violence, incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, exploitative migrant labour practices, disproportionate child removal and low graduation rates. Emerging from a critical race feminist framework that insists that all Black lives matter, Maynard’s intersectional approach to anti-Black racism addresses the unique and understudied impacts of state violence as it is experienced by Black women, Black people with disabilities, as well as queer, trans, and undocumented Black communities. A call-to-action, Policing Black Lives urges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society.

Author : Andrea J. Ritchie
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807088982

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Invisible No More by Andrea J. Ritchie Pdf

“A passionate, incisive critique of the many ways in which women and girls of color are systematically erased or marginalized in discussions of police violence.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. By placing the individual stories of Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, Andrea Ritchie documents the evolution of movements centered around women’s experiences of policing. Featuring a powerful forward by activist Angela Davis, Invisible No More is an essential exposé on police violence against WOC that demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.

Author : Desmond Cole
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780385686365

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The Skin We're In by Desmond Cole Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2020 TORONTO BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE OLA EVERGREEN AWARD FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST SHAUGNESSY COHEN PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE *UPDATED with new foreword, postscript, and educator's guide* In this bracing, revelatory work of award-winning journalism, celebrated writer and activist Desmond Cole punctures the naive assumptions of Canadians who believe we live in a post-racial nation. Chronicling just one year in the struggle against racism in this country, The Skin We're In reveals in stark detail the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing, the hopelessness produced by an education system that fails Black children, the heartbreak of those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws, and more. Cole draws on his own experiences as a Black man in Canada, and locates the deep cultural, historical, and political roots of each event. What emerges is a personal, painful, and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Updated with a new foreword, postscript, and an extensive educator's guide, The Skin We're In is essential reading for all Canadians, and a vital tool in the fight against racism.

Author : Kristin Henning
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781524748906

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The Rage of Innocence by Kristin Henning Pdf

A brilliant analysis of the foundations of racist policing in America: the day-to-day brutalities, largely hidden from public view, endured by Black youth growing up under constant police surveillance and the persistent threat of physical and psychological abuse "Storytelling that can make people understand the racial inequities of the legal system, and...restore the humanity this system has cruelly stripped from its victims.” —New York Times Book Review Drawing upon twenty-five years of experience rep­resenting Black youth in Washington, D.C.’s juve­nile courts, Kristin Henning confronts America’s irrational, manufactured fears of these young peo­ple and makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children. Henning explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear, resent, and resist the police, and she details the long-term consequences of rac­ism that they experience at the hands of the police and their vigilante surrogates. She makes clear that unlike White youth, who are afforded the freedom to test boundaries, experiment with sex and drugs, and figure out who they are and who they want to be, Black youth are seen as a threat to White Amer­ica and are denied healthy adolescent development. She examines the criminalization of Black adoles­cent play and sexuality, and of Black fashion, hair, and music. She limns the effects of police presence in schools and the depth of police-induced trauma in Black adolescents. Especially in the wake of the recent unprece­dented, worldwide outrage at racial injustice and inequality, The Rage of Innocence is an essential book for our moment.

Author : Donald J. Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076006712777

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The Manners and Customs of the Police by Donald J. Black Pdf