In an interview with Northwestern Now, Jamelia Morgan describes her motivation for founding the Center for Racial and Disability Justice, explains the relationship between race and disability and lays out her vision for the center’s work going forward.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia will pay $9.25 million to settle claims in four lawsuits which alleged the Philadelphia Police Department used excessive force on more than 300 plaintiffs, during peaceful demonstrations on systemic racism and police brutality at 52nd Street and the Vine Street Expressway in 2020.
Jamelia Morgan (Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law) has posted Disability, Policing, and Punishment: An Intersectional Approach (Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 169, 2022) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Disabled people of color are uniquely vulnerable.