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Policing in Kenya during Covid-19
Kabarak Law Review, 2022 Kenya’s policing history has for the longest time been partisan to the ruling regime. This has created a culture of brutality and disdain among members of the Kenya Police, towards members of the public whom they ought to protect and serve. Although the
George Omondi Gor
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Police Brutality and Reforms in Pakistan
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2020 Police Brutality has become one of the most important highlight around the globe. This study qualitatively investigates the form of police violence existent in Pakistan and also how this violence is related with the reforms enunciated.
Najma Sadiq +3 more
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Archiving the Movement: Generating Solidarity Among Black Millennials in Virtual Spaces
Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 2023 In this paper, I analyze the impact of the discourse #BlackLivesMatter (#BLM) has on how communities frame policing practices within protests. I find that Millennials created an archive of distinct moments in virtual space through social media as a ...
Stephanie Jones
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Pandemic/Screen. The visual motif of police violence in public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic
Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad), 2021 In the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, various forms of digital surveillance have been globally, established. Despite many of these forms of surveillance already existed, now, they have increased their range and have been legitimized and ...
Violeta Alarcón-Zayas +1 more
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No, It Wasn’t About Love: Teaching Geoffrey Sax’s Othello
Radical Teacher, 2022 This Teaching Note reviews a 2001 made-for-TV film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello. Geoffrey Sax's production transposes the action into the streets of London where protests are erupting against racist police brutality, while the London ...
Boyda Johnstone
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New wine into old wineskins: A theological reflection on police brutality in South Africa [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologySouth Africa is one of the most violent countries in the world with different types of violence associated with crime, gender-based violence, and sexual violence amongst others.
Katleho Mokoena
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The effectiveness of the investigative powers of the Independent Policing and Oversight Authority
Kabarak Law Review, 2023 Is the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) a toothless dog or a lame duck? Some have put forward that IPOA was set up for failure since inception.
Christine Wanjiku
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Negro drama. Racismo, segregação e violência policial nas periferias de Lisboa
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2019 A closer look into police violence in the racialized and peripheral territories in the city of Lisbon (Portugal) shows that what is represented is not merely isolated episodes, but rather a daily process of controlling spaces and the people who inhabit ...
Otávio Raposo +3 more
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Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies, 2020 Widespread police violence, often targeted at black people, has increasingly entered public debates in recent years. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, various African American young adult novelists have addressed the topic of police brutality
Barbara Gföllner
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Batons and ballots: The effectiveness of state violence in fighting against Catalan separatism
Research & Politics, 2018 What are the consequences of police brutality in fighting against the Catalan secessionist movement? While Spanish authorities resorted to violence with the hope that forceful action would deter further support for separatism, recent studies of ...
Joan Barceló
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