A Movement Built on Moments: Police Killings, Local Protests, and the National BLM Movement

• In Event: Violence in Communities: Policing, Participation, and Policy

Brief Overview

Using an original dataset of police killings and subsequent protests during 2015, 2016, and 2020, this paper examines the symbiotic relationship between local police killings and demonstrations, and the national BLM movement.

Author

• Shea A. Streeter, University of Michigan