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Fight the power : African Americans and the long history of police brutality in New York City /

A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (oft...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Clarence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The People's voice and police brutality
  • The Communist Party and police brutality
  • The Nation of Islam and police brutality
  • Civil rights, community activists, and police brutality
  • Police brutality, the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots, and the national civil rights movement
  • John Lindsay, racial politics, and the Civilian Complaint Review Board
  • The triumph of a false narrative
  • Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police brutality
  • Abner Louima, Amadou Diallo, and the resistance Giuliani
  • The campaign to end stop, question, and frisk
  • The limits of Mayor de Blasio's police reform agenda
  • Conclusion : Where do we go from here?