Tag Archives: police brutality

Without My Consent: The Eradication of Protective Consent Decrees

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

By Rasheed Stewart Associate Editor, Volume 23 The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, passed following the publicly videotaped 1991 beating of African American motorist Rodney King by four LAPD officers and the catastrophic Los Angeles Riots a … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on Race Relations: Thanks Obama

Posted on February 2, 2017 by

By Marcus Baldori Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In 2008, it was an open question of how race relations would unfold under America’s first Black president. Eight years later, polling shows that 54% of Americans think race relations between Whites and Blacks have gotten … Continue reading →

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New California law aims to combat racial profiling by police: it sounds good, but will it create any change?

Posted on November 2, 2015 by

By Jason Raylesberg Associate Editor, Vol. 21 California and Missouri recently instituted separate measures to curb racial profiling within the legal system. In response to widespread police brutality nationally, California passed the “Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015,” requiring … Continue reading →

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The case of Tamir Rice: race, self-defense, and the objective reasonableness standard

Posted on November 2, 2015 by

By Emmanuela Jean-Etienne Associate Editor, Vol. 21 On a cold November afternoon in Cleveland, twelve-year-old Tamir Rice sat alone at a gazebo outside the Cudell Recreation Center, a place he frequented daily.[1] In his hand was an airsoft pistol and, … Continue reading →

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Alabama police paralyze Indian grandfather out for a walk

Posted on February 12, 2015 by

By Luis E. Gomez, Associate Editor, Vol. 20 Sureshbhai Patel was in the U.S. from India for only a week before Alabama police slammed him to the ground and left him temporarily paralyzed. According to civil rights attorney Henry F. … Continue reading →

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