Stop and Seize: How Aggressive Policing is Taking the Property of Those Never Charged with Crimes
Many of you in periods 5 and 6 read The New Jim Crow this summer. Here are two must-read and watch pieces that underscore and illustrate even more acutely the use and impact of asset seizure and forfeiture as explained by author Michelle Alexander in Chapter 2, "The Lockdown." The Washington Post, with a blockbuster multi-part investigation into police asset forfeiture practices: Stop
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 9-6-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Ferguson Readings Photo: Scott Olson, GettyHere is a very incomplete list of thought-provoking articles on the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the protests as a result and the militarization of local policy forces.Mariame Kaba with a commentary in the Washington Post: For Blacks, America is Dangerous by Default Kare