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

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    Editor(s): Christina Heatherton, Jordan T. Camp

    Publisher: Verso

    Year: 2016

    Format: paperback

    Size: 320 pages

    ISBN: 9781784783167

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How policing became the major political issue of our time

Combining firsthand accounts from activists with the research of scholars and reflections from artists, Policing the Planet traces the global spread of the broken-windows policing strategy, first established in New York City under Police Commissioner William Bratton. Itā€™s a doctrine that has vastly broadened police power the world overā€”to deadly effect.

With contributions from #BlackLivesMatter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, Ferguson activist and Law Professor Justin Hansford, Director of New Yorkā€“based Communities United for Police Reform Joo-Hyun Kang, poet MartĆ­n Espada, and journalist Anjali Kamat, as well as articles from leading scholars Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Robin D. G. Kelley, Naomi Murakawa, Vijay Prashad, and more, Policing the Planet describes ongoing struggles from New York to Baltimore to Los Angeles, London, San Juan, San Salvador, and beyond.

What People Are Saying

ā€œThis book is the best analytical and political response we have to the historic rebellions in Ferguson! Donā€™t miss it.ā€ Cornel West, author of Black Prophetic Fire

ā€œWe owe Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton a great expression of gratitude for this brilliant and provocative collection of voices that compels us to see the Black Lives Matter Movement in the larger context of twenty-first-century racial capitalism and the growing carceral state.ā€ Barbara Ransby, author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

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