crow era. of african andr african american studies at washington university in st. louis. the world war i memorial hosted this event and provided the video. is my pleasure and honor to introduce dr. geoff ward. geoff s research examines racial of social control including dynamics of racial violence, conflict and inequality. he looks at areas of race and youth justice and social movement, labor and policy racial to advance justice. his work appears in numerous journals and anthologies and has been supported by the national foundation, the national institute of justice, the ford mellonion and the foundation. he is the author of the black democracyrs, racial and juvenile justice, an award winning book on the rise, fall haunting remnants of jim crow juvenile justice. his current projects examine historical racial violence, its reckonings today. he is also a curator. you might have a chance to see encouragend i would you all to do so, catch the train, go to the other side of to
country don t stop. and then in an unprecedented move donald trump takes the streets to survey the damage in the church during the protests. broke in and were disgusted and cannot normalize this pain and the entertainment industry calls for a blackout to honor george florey. well it s been an unprecedented night in the united states as protests continue for a 7th day over the killing of an unarmed black man there were chaotic scenes outside the white house as police cleared protesters using tear gas and flash bang stun grenades at that exact moment in the white house garden as president trump threatened to deploy the military nationwide unless state governors get these sometimes demonstrations under control. we cannot allow the righteous cries of peaceful protesters to be drowned out by an angry mob the biggest victims of the rioting are peace loving citizens in our poorest communities and as their president i will fight to keep them safe i will fight to protect you i am you
in years as a street reporter i spent a lot of time with police. at crime scenes, perp walks, some officers seem to have a knack for avoiding escalation, while some other officers had a tendency to make their authority paramount. more than the maintenance of order or the pursuit of suspects. the unwillingness of a grand jury in new york to indict a police officer after a homicide provides a revealing reference point. a minor infraction was suspected, a man who did not want to be arrested, but was not responding with violent resistence. in a matter of seconds, eric garner was on the floor, his head pressed to the pavement, four officers swarming his prone body. was officer daniel pantaleo really given no other choice but to respond to garner as he did? would another valid response have ended with garner not dieing and the law still enforced on staten island? all lives must be valued. all lives. mr. garner s death is one of several recent incidents across our great country th
hello i am ray suarez. in years as a street reporter i spent a lot of time with police. at crime scenes, perp walks, some officers seem to have a knack for avoiding escalation, while some other officers had a tendency to make their authority paramount. more than the maintenance of order or the pursuit of suspects. the unwillingness of a grand jury in new york to indict a police officer after a homicide provides a revealing reference point. a minor infraction was suspected, a man who did not want to be arrested, but was not responding with violent resistence. in a matter of seconds, eric garner was on the floor, his head pressed to the pavement, four officers swarming his prone body. was officer daniel pantaleo really given no other choice but to respond to garner as he did? would another valid response have ended with garner not dieing and the law still enforced on staten island? all lives must be valued. all lives. mr. garner s death is one of several recent incidents acro
in years as a street reporter i spent a lot of time with police. at crime scenes, perp walks, some officers seem to have a knack for avoiding escalation, while some other officers had a tendency to make their authority paramount. more than the maintenance of order or the pursuit of suspects. the unwillingness of a grand jury in new york to indict a police officer after a homicide provides a revealing reference point. a minor infraction was suspected, a man who did not want to be arrested, but was not responding with violent resistence. in a matter of seconds, eric garner was on the floor, his head pressed to the pavement, four officers swarming his prone body. was officer daniel pantaleo really given no other choice but to respond to garner as he did? would another valid response have ended with garner not dieing and the law still enforced on staten island? all lives must be valued. all lives. mr. garner s death is one of several recent incidents across our great country th