Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America

Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racism Following the high-profile deaths of...
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Author: Jennifer E. Cobbina
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Language: English
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Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America by Cobbina, Jennifer E.

Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America

€59,42

Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America

€59,42
Author: Jennifer E. Cobbina
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racism

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 protestors 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 protestors 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.

Hands Up, Don't Shoot is a remarkably current, on-the-ground assessment of the powerful, protestor-driven movement around race, justice, and policing in America.

Author: Jennifer E. Cobbina
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 07/30/2019
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781479874415


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2019
Library Journal 07/01/2019 pg. 81

About the Author
Cobbina, Jennifer E.: - Jennifer E. Cobbina is Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University.

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