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Understanding Carbado's Model of Police Violence
*post currently in progress* Devon Carbado's model of how "Blue-On-Black" violence is produced (and reinforced) by a combination of factors illustrates that racist police violence is NOT a matter of rare "bad apples". If anything, our system is a machine that PRODUCES bad apples, and this is how.The Carbado model is very useful in examining the many elements that factor into the cycle of police brutality. Those who wish to reduce (or abolish) these events may find it useful to consider. For example, if we replace one element of this cycle without changing the others, the cycle will change, but...
Free eBooks on Antiracism, Policing and Black History in America
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Looting, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
A lot of people are referencing the Boston Tea Party in relation to current riots, and I'm seeing some WILD misconceptions, so let's have a quick review of how that went: