Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change

285 Pages·2018·1.46 MB·English

by  Angela J. Hattery

POLICING BLACK BODIES

POLICING BLACK BODIES
How Black Lives Are Surveilled and
How to Work for Change
Angela J. Hattery
and
Earl Smith

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Wededicatethisbooktoourfriend,DarrylHunt,who,tragically,took
hisownlifeonMarch13,2016.Hewaslockedupfornearlytwenty
yearsforacrimehedidn’tcommit.Hediedjusttenyearsafterhis
exoneration.Wewillnevertrulyknowtheragethatcontinuedtopolice
youevenafteryourrelease,andwewishyoutheeternalpeacethatwas
deniedyouonthisearth.
ToEarl:Thiswas,inmanyways,themostchallengingandexciting
projectwehaveeverworkedon.Alloftheconversationswe’vehadas
wewalkedtoandfromthegym,aswewatchedourTVexplodewith
protestsorthenewsofyetanotherunarmedBlackmankilledbythe
police.Sometimesitissimplytoomuchtohold,andthisbook,as
difficultasithasbeentowrite,providedawayto“hold”thepainandto
offerupaperspectivethatIhopewillhelpotherstobemorecritical,to
seethetruthofpolicingBlackbodies.Ineverythingwedo...I
couldn’tdoitwithoutyou.
ToAngela:Done.Thisone,whileitmayhavebeenthehardest,isa
storythatneededtelling.Thedateonthecovermaybe2018butacross
allourwork,itbeganwaybackwhen.Thankyouforlettingmebea
partofthisproject!
ToTravis,Emma,Porter,andDaniel:Useyourmanyprivilegestolift
upothersandtocreateamoreequitableandfreesocietyforyourselves
andforeveryonearoundyou.Yourlifewillonlybericherwhenyoudo.

CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 SettingtheStage 1
2 UrbanRiotsandProtest,oraLogicalResponsetoPolicing
BlackBodies 23
3 MassIncarceration 49
4 School-to-PrisonPipeline 85
5 ThePrison-IndustrialComplex:TheNewPlantationEconomy 103
6 PolicingBlackWomen’sBodies 119
7 PolicingTransBodies 143
8 PoliceKillingsofUnarmedBlackMen 157
9 TheUltimateFailure:Exoneration 179
10 Intersectionality,Color-BlindRacism,andaCalltoAction 211
AppendixA:High-ProfilePoliceShootingsofBlackMenandthe
Outcomes 241
AppendixB:Resources 245
Notes 249
Bibliography 263
Index 269
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