Responding to a Social Justice Movement: An Examination of Municipal and Police Statements on Racial Mistreatment

• In Event: Policing and the Carceral State: Perceptions and Policy

Brief Overview

This study analyzes city governments’ and police departments’ responses to an ongoing phenomenon—nationwide protests against police brutality and maltreatment of Black and Brown citizens in the provision of justice in American society.

Authors

• William T. Jackson, Florida International University

• Milena I. Neshkova, Florida International University