HIGHLIGHT REEL

Here are some highlighted resources for students to begin to explore the topic of POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. The reality of this topic is continually shifting, with many new articles, videos, and other resources being created every day. We have curated these items to provide a few enduring resources that have value beyond time and current events. But please note that what we include here may not be the most up-to-date information and you may wish to search for more timely resources.

There are many more resources included in the Resource Master List, a live & organic spreadsheet, and we hope you will contribute your findings to the list!

Here are two EVC youth produced documentaries on the subject of police brutality and stop and frisk.

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Resources that give political, social, and economic context

Department of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services

DOJ information and resources related to community policing

Deadly Force, in Black and White — ProPublicaA ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black males.

A video on Eric Garner’s death.

The History of Policing in America (2016)

Interview with a criminologist about crime and policing

She Recorded Her Classmate's Arrest, Then Got Arrested, Too

A speech on policing in communities by Malcolm X in the early 1960s.

F.B.I. Director Speaks Out on Race and Police Bias

Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter

A.S. Vitale & B. J. Jefferson's essay "The Emergence of Command and Control Policing in Neoliberal New York" (p 133) makes the argument that NYPD's core policing strategies shift from the use of incarceration as a primary source of punishment, to severe surveillance and regulatory controls in impoverished communities (mainly of color) rendering them prison-like spaces.