Abstract:The author illustrates how police reinforce structural power and social inequalities through specific cases from the Minneapolis police department and other police-civilian encounters that have been widely reported in social and mainstream media throughout the past decade (2012-2022). Several policing practices including the use of no-knock search warrants, inappropriate uses of force (e.g., a ‘chokehold' that obstructs a suspect's breathing), and asset forfeiture are often used disproportionately against mino… Show more
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