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Dr. Tracie Keesee Talks Profiling the Police
Host Celeste Headlee of "On Second Thought" digs into how law enforcement officers are trained in Georgia and how that stacks up to other major U.S. cities. She’s joined by DeKalb County Chief of Police Cedric Alexander, Tracie Keesee of the Center For Policing Equity and LaDoris Cordell, an independent…
A Change is Gonna Come…
From anger, to resilience, to a call for calm, this week Basic Black looks at the lessons to be learned from the eruptions in Baltimore on race, class, and rebuilding community. View video here.
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff Reacts to the Freddie Gray Protests
President of CPE Phillip Atiba Goff speaks on the Melissa Harris-Perry show about the Freddie Gray protests. Watch here.
Support For Police Body Cameras Continues to Grow
Support For Police Body Cameras Continues to Grow
Dem Bill Targets Racial Profiling by Police
Dem bill targets racial profiling by police
Baltimore Police Custody Death Spurs U.S. Civil-Rights Inquiry
Baltimore Police Custody Death Spurs U.S. Civil-Rights Inquiry
Silence on Black Female Victims Weakens Fight Against Police Brutality
Silence on Black Female Victims Weakens Fight Against Police Brutality
How Important Is Racial Diversity in Community Policing?
To help police departments nationwide develop best practices for community policing, the UCLA Center for Policing Equity is undergoing a large-scale project to compile data from local, state and federal law-enforcement agencies that could help them draw conclusions about issues such as racial profiling and police diversity. Accurate data for…
Tampa Police Accused of Unfairly Targeting Black Bicyclists
Tampa police accused of unfairly targeting black bicyclists
Study: Teachers More Likely to Label Black Students as Troublemakers
Study: Teachers more likely to label black students as troublemakers
Our Criminal-Legal System: Justice Doesn’t Have to Be Missing from Equation
Our Criminal-Legal System: Justice Doesn’t Have to Be Missing from Equation
Justice Department Applauds Adoption of Police Department-Wide Tactical De-escalation Training
Justice Department Applauds Adoption of Police Department-Wide Tactical De-escalation Training
Some Key Facts We’ve Learned About Police Shootings Over The Past Year
Keesee — a retired police captain who now heads up the Center for Policing Equity at the University of California, Los Angeles — told me in December that the effectiveness of bodycams comes with another big caveat: A camera is only effective so long as a police encounter goes relatively…
Being a Black Male in America: Racism and the Police
Being a Black Male in America: Racism and the Police
How the U.S. Criminal Justice System Became an Unforgiving Machine
How the U.S. criminal justice system became an unforgiving machine
Walter Scott’s Death Should End Public’s Denial of Police Victimization of Blacks
Walter Scott’s Death Should End Public’s Denial of Police Victimization of Blacks
Scant Data Frustrates Efforts to Assess Number of Shootings by Police
Scant Data Frustrates Efforts to Assess Number of Shootings by Police
ACLU Attorney Finalizes Agreement With TSA To Track Hair Searches, Assess Possible Racial Discrimination
ACLU Attorney Finalizes Agreement With TSA To Track Hair Searches, Assess Possible Racial Discrimination
Antioch School Board, NAACP Sign Settlement Agreement to Avoid Lawsuit
At the March 25, 2015 meeting of the Antioch School Board, the trustees approved, in closed session, an “Interim Settlement Agreement” with the East County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) over a complaint against the district by the civil rights organization. Read more…
How the Biases in the Back of Your Mind Affect How You Feel About Race
How the biases in the back of your mind affect how you feel about race
Fear Of The Black Man: How Racial Bias Could Affect Crime, Labor Rates
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with professors Phillip Atiba Goff of UCLA and Harry Holzer of Georgetown University about how fears of African-American men are manifested in the criminal justice system and the labor market, and what that means for the broader African-American community. Listen here.
Anti-Discrimination Training to Avoid Hair-Based Racial Profiling: Report
Anti-Discrimination Training to Avoid Hair-Based Racial Profiling: Report
Virginia Governor Orders Police Retraining after Student’s Arrest
Virginia governor orders police retraining after student’s arrest