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-- Police defunding & reform[2021]., Adolescent, ReferencePoint Press Call No: 363.2 068 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Being black in America (ReferencePoint Press)Summary Note: "Police brutality is not a new issue in the United States. There have been calls to reform policing since the 1960s. It was then during the civil rights movement that policing first came under fire for being racially biased. Since then there have been some attempts at reform, but the issue of police brutality remains"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Police defunding & reform[2021]., Adolescent, ReferencePoint Press Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF GHA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Being Black in America (ReferencePoint Press)Summary Note: "Police brutality is not a new issue in the United States. There have been calls to reform policing since the 1960s. It was then during the civil rights movement that policing first came under fire for being racially biased. Since then there have been some attempts at reform, but the issue of police brutality remains"--Provided by publisher.
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[2021]., Adolescent, ReferencePoint Press Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Being Black in America (ReferencePoint Press)Summary Note: "Black Americans have been victims of racial injustice for decades, if not centuries. For too long, many police officers, as well as others, have found it is permissible and acceptable in American society to use deadly force in situations that do not warrant the most extreme measures. Clearly, the uproar and protests that followed the deaths of victims have made it abundantly clear that Black Americans, and many others as well, will no longer tolerate that attitude"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Systemic racism & the African American experience[2021]., Adolescent, ReferencePoint Press Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF CUR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Being Black in America (ReferencePoint Press)Summary Note: "Systemic racism is subtle-and perhaps more widespread than blatant racism. In a way it can be seen as a collective racial prejudice, in which White people, often unwittingly, behave in ways that harm Black people. The United States has constructed a system of law enforcement in which the races are treated unequally. Any reform of the criminal justice system must begin with an end to systemic racism"--Provided by publisher.
