Keywords
race, crime, police, violence
Abstract
The recent rash of police killing unarmed black men has brought national attention to the persistent problem of policing and racial violence. These cases include the well-known and highly controversial death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as the deaths of twelve-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio; Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York; John Crawford III in Beavercreek, Ohio; Ezell Ford in Los Angeles, California; Dante Parker in San Bernardino County, California; and Vonderrit D. Myers Jr. in St. Louis, Missouri. Data reported to the FBI indicate that white police officers killed black citizens almost twice a week between 2005 and 2012. This number is underinclusive because the FBI database is based on self-reports by departments that choose to participate and only includes deaths that the police conclude are justifiable.
Recommended Citation
L. Song Richardson,
Police Racial Violence: Lessons from Social Psychology,
83 Fordham L. Rev. 2961
(2015).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol83/iss6/4
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