Hands up, don't shoot : why the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore matter, and how they changed America
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Published
New York : New York University Press, [2019].
Physical Description
viii, 234 pages ; 23 cm
Status
Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
363.2 COBBINA 2019
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363.2 COBBINA 2019
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Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
African American men -- Violence against.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
National Public Radio (U.S.)
Police brutality -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Police brutality -- Missouri -- Ferguson.
Police-community relations -- United States.
Protest movements -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
National Public Radio (U.S.)
Police brutality -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Police brutality -- Missouri -- Ferguson.
Police-community relations -- United States.
Protest movements -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
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Published
New York : New York University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
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. These local tragedies—and the protests surrounding them—assumed national significance, igniting fierce debate about the fairness and efficacy of the American criminal justice system. Yet, outside the gaze of mainstream attention, how do local residents and protesters in Ferguson and Baltimore understand their own experiences with race, place, and policing? In Hands Up, Don’t Shoot, Jennifer Cobbina draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred residents of Ferguson and Baltimore, conducted within two months of the deaths of Brown and Gray. She examines how protesters in both cities understood their experiences with the police, how those experiences influenced their perceptions of policing, what galvanized Black Lives Matter as a social movement, and how policing tactics during demonstrations influenced subsequent mobilization decisions among protesters. Ultimately, she humanizes people’s deep and abiding anger, underscoring how a movement emerged to denounce both racial biases by police and the broader economic and social system that has stacked the deck against young black civilians.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cobbina, J. (2019). Hands up, don't shoot: why the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore matter, and how they changed America . New York University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cobbina, Jennifer. 2019. Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America. New York University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cobbina, Jennifer. Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America New York University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cobbina, Jennifer. Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America New York University Press, 2019.
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