The killings of Black people in the United States have sparked mass movements across the country as people have taken to the streets to demand accountability, long overdue reforms to policing and criminal justice systems, and end to systemic racism. While the video-taped killing of George Floyd, as well as the killings of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, fueled the protests, the use of deadly force against communities of color is tragically not new. It is part of a historic pattern of discrimination by law enforcement, including unjustified stops and searches, racial profiling, and excessive use of force.
— Read on www.amnestyusa.org/worldiswatching/
Tag: Riot
Two months since the riots, and still no “National Conversation” | by Michael Tracey | Jul, 2020 | Medium
We are now approaching the two-month mark since the riots that erupted across the United States in late May and early June. There is a reasonable argument to be made that these riots were…
— Read on medium.com/@mtracey/two-months-since-the-riots-and-still-no-national-conversation-12a7e3e4e006
On Portland’s streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides
This is a story from the Associated Press on the riots in Portland Oregon. It is reporting on both sides of the riot line. Read it HERE
Summer Heat – The New Inquiry
This article talks about abolition of Policing. This concept was first brought up in 2014-15 during the riots then. Summer Heat – The New Inquiry
— Read on thenewinquiry.com/summer-heat/
Black Lives Matter organizer sued by injured Baton Rouge cop asks Supreme Court to defend protest rights | Courts | theadvocate.com
Is there a difference between protest and riot? When does a protest become illegal? A rock thrown by protesters injuring anyone should make the protest illegal. At that moment must the protest end?
A civil rights group is urging the nation’s highest court to overturn a lower-court ruling that said a Black Lives Matter organizer has no First Amendment defense to a lawsuit
— Read on www.theadvocate.com/content/tncms/live/
Can science offer police a better way to handle protests? — WHYY
What does science say are the best ways to police in high-crime areas?
— Read on whyy.org/segments/can-science-offer-police-a-better-way-to-handle-protests/
Jennifer E. Cobbina: Hands Up, Don’t Shoot — this is not a pipe podcast
This is an interesting podcast. It is a nice discussion about Professor Cobbina’s book which I’m in the midst of completing.
I have a different reaction to the book than the author of the podcast.
Many people are obviously aware that this nation was founded on a system
of slavery, but what many people don’t know is that the origins of policing
in the United States can be traced to the institution of slavery.”
— Read on www.tinapp.org/episodes/handsup
Kerner Report Resources
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/8073NCJRS.pdf
Summary report http://www.eisenhowerfoundation.org/docs/kerner.pdf
The Haas Institute has a conference about the 50th anniversary of The Kerner Report. There is a publication (listed below) and videos from the conference at there website. They lean far left.
The Haas Institute
https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/
Several Links here. Links to the conference videos.
https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/road-not-taken
PUBLICATION:
The Road Not Taken: Housing and Criminal Justice 50 Years After the Kerner Commission Report
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report
What together we can do A forty year update of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
https://edpolicy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/events/materials/kernerexecutivesummary.pdf
The Kerner Commission Report Fifty Years Later: Revisiting the American Dream
The Kerner Commission — 40 Years Later
DPS: Gangster Disciples have called for deaths of police officers
I can’t even imagine this response. I can’t believe that a community would attack the police over the unfortunate event of an officer involved shooting. What is working here are a public few controlling a community. The good public don’t want to dispute the public violence of the minority.
After violent demonstrations in Memphis spurred by the death of Brandon Webber, a street gang has called for the killing of cops.
— Read on www.wlbt.com/2019/06/14/dps-gangster-disciples-have-called-deaths-police-officers/
Future of Policing 