Black Rage in New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina PDF
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Black Rage in new ORleans This page intentionally left blank Black Rage in new ORleans Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina Leonard n. Moore Louisiana state university Press Baton r ouge Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2010 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing Designer: Michelle A. Neustrom Typefaces: Chaparral Pro, text; Vonnes, display prinTer anD binDer: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of congress caTaLoging-in-pubLicaTion DaTa Moore, Leonard N. (Leonard Nathaniel) Black rage in New Orleans : police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina / Leonard N. Moore. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8071-3590-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. African Americans—Louisiana—New Orleans—Social conditions—20th century. 2. Police-community relations—Louisiana—New Orleans—History—20th century. 3. New Orleans (La.)—Race relations—History—20th century. I. Title. F379.N557M66 2010 363.2'32—dc22 2009030247 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. �� For Thaïs, Jaaucklyn, Lauryn, and Len This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii IntroductIon Police Violence, New Orleans, and the Postwar Urban Landscape 1 1 negro PolIce WIll AId In lAW And order The Fight for Black Police in the Crescent City 17 2 or does It exPlode? The Black Freedom Struggle Comes to New Orleans 43 3 “We WAnt An end to PolIce BrutAlIty” The Black Panthers, Desire, and Police Repression 70 4 the PolItIcs of self-defense Mark Essex, the Soul Patrol, and Black Vigilantism 96 5 the rIght to orgAnIze The Black Organization of Police, Mass Protest, and the City Council Hearings 115 6 BlAck PoWer PolItIcs Ernest “Dutch” Morial and the Limits of Police Reform 140 7 “We Are lIvIng In A PolIce stAte” The Algiers Tragedy, the Maturation of Community Protest, and the Politics of a Civilian Review Board 164 8 BlAck-on-BlAck crIme The Consequences of White Flight, the War on Drugs, and Political Indifference 203 vii viii conTenT s 9 “A neW dAy In BABylon” The Professionalization of the New Orleans Police Department and the Claiming of Urban Public Space 220 ePIlogue Policing Katrina 249 Notes 257 Bibliography 281 Index 293 Illustrations follow page 114 tabLes 1. Year of First Post-Reconstruction African American Police Appointment in Selected Southern Cities 31 2. Black Police Organizations in Select Cities and Year Established 117 3. Police Chiefs of the New Orleans Police Department, 1946–2005 145 4. Civilian Review Board Type Agencies in Selected Cities and the Year Established 189 5. NOPD Response Time to Various Parts of New Orleans, 1986 206 6. Average Quarterly Police Complaints Received by the New Orleans Office of Municipal Investigation, 1988–1993 208 7. Complaints Received by the NOPD Internal Affairs Department, 1986–1990 212 8. Complaints Received by the NOPD Public Integrity Division, 1995–2004 234 9. Breakdown of Disciplinary Action Taken against Officers by PID, 1995–2004 240 ix
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