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Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies

Current data collection on state violence does not paint a picture that is inclusive of victims with disabilities.

Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies - Public Allies

Inclusive data collection on state violence can be used to paint a picture that is inclusive of Black victims with disabilities.

Solving racial disparities in policing - Harvard Gazette

The first in a series of stories focused on how scholars and faculty across Harvard are studying the problem of racial inequality explores ...

Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies

This article discusses opportunities for increased data collection on police encounters to provide an accurate, complete picture of long-standing dynamics ...

Police Brutality and Black Health: Setting the Agenda for Public ...

We investigated links between police brutality and poor health outcomes among Blacks and identified five intersecting pathways: (1) fatal injuries that ...

10 things we know about race and policing in the U.S.

Black adults are about five times as likely as whites to say they've been unfairly stopped by police because of their race or ethnicity.

The Origins of Modern Day Policing - NAACP

Learn about the history of modern day policing in the U.S., home to the world's largest prison population and highest per-capita incarceration rate.

Racial Profiling - American Civil Liberties Union

What you need to know. 41%. 41 percent of Black Americans say they have been stopped or detained by police because of their race.

Understanding the History of Policing in America and Police ...

A Brief History of Policing and Police Violence Against Black Communities. In 1921, an angry mob of white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, attacked ...

Policing Is Killing Black Disabled People. Centering Intersectionality ...

The violence Powell experienced is a product of both racism and ableism. Police officers saw a Black man with a bulge around his waistband, ...

Black Bodies on the Ground II: Examining Impactful Policing Policies ...

While the purpose of this paper is to continue the research on police violence against unarmed African American men, it is essential that one ...

Policing in America: Understanding Public Attitudes toward the ...

A third of African Americans expect police officers to treat them worse than other people, compared to 6% of white and 13% of Hispanic Americans ...

Rethinking the role of race in crime and police violence

In a nation grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of violent crime and police shootings, the public narrative often perpetuates a ...

“Their help is not helping”: Policing as a Tool of Structural Violence ...

To illustrate Black youth's perceptions of police violence in West Louisville, Kentucky, how they make sense of it, and their responses to it.

Understanding the impact of police brutality on Black sexually ...

Black gay, bisexual, queer, and other sexually minoritized men (SMM) face high rates of policing, incarceration, and criminal justice involvement (Brewer et al.

Race and Policing - NACDL

Racially biased policing takes many different forms, from elevated police presences in the neighborhoods of marginalized communities, to disproportionate ...

Police Race Action Plan: Improving policing for Black people

Many people believe policing to still be institutionally racist and have grounds for this view. We accept that policing still contains racism, discrimination ...

Escalated police stops of Black men are linguistically and ... - PNAS

Across the United States, police chiefs, city officials, and community leaders alike have highlighted the need to de-escalate police ...

How unjust police killings damage the mental health of Black ...

Since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, many African Americans have reported feeling overwhelmed at ...

One in Five: Disparities in Crime and Policing - The Sentencing Project

The wide net that police cast across Black communities and other communities of color is at odds with advancing safety.