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role of victims and their families, 45 effects of, 27–28
use of force by police and, 42, 43 frequency of, 15
Crump, Benjamin police response to Black Lives Matter
on abuses by police against Black protests as, 27
Americans in Minneapolis, 45 standard of “reasonableness” of
background, 57 offi cer’s actions, 15–16, 43
on effect of qualifi ed immunity for
police on actions by police, 46–47 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 15,
as “go-to” lawyer for Black Americans 24
in police brutality cases, 57 Ferguson, Missouri. See Brown, Michael
Cullors, Patrisse, 38, 53–54 Flora, Kate, 13–14
Florida, 48
deaths Floyd, George
Michael Brown, 5 civil lawsuit fi led by family of, 45–46
Philando Castile, 5 police killing of
Edward Garner, 8 charges against offi cers involved,
Eric Garner, 5 42–43
George Floyd described, 4–5, 44
charges against offi cers involved, public opinion about, 64
42–43 Fox, Justin, 24
described, 4–5, 44 Franklin, Neill, 30
public opinion about, 64
Freddy Gray, 5 Gallup organization, 55, 60
percentage of excessive force cases Garmback, Frank, 16–19
and, 15 Garner, Edward, 8–9
Tamir Rice, 16–19, 17 Garner, Eric
Breonna Taylor, 20–21 civil lawsuit fi led by family of, 46
“defunding the police” murder of, 5, 6
Camden, New Jersey, experience, video of, 36
58–63, 63 Garza, Alicia, 38
funding other services, 53–54 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (bill),
public opinion about, 55 52
drug enforcement George Mason University, 39
people of color as targets, 21 Ginder, Peter, 53
racial disparities in incarceration rates Glynn County, Georgia, 41
for low-level drug dealing, 23 Graham v. Conner (1989), 9, 11, 15–16,
SWAT teams, 21–23, 22 43
Taylor murder, 20–21 Gray, Freddie, 5, 46
Gross, Tyler, 38–39
Edwards, Jordan, 38–39 Grunwald, Ben, 48
empty hand control, 10, 13
Ending Qualifi ed Immunity Act (bill), Hadden, Sally E., 12
52 Hankison, Brett, 44
End of Policing, The (Vitale), 30 Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982), 48–49
excessive force, use of Harvard Law Review, 15
complaints in Camden, New Jersey, Hispanic Americans
58, 61, 63 in Camden, New Jersey, 58
criminal liability for, 42, 43 evidence of police use of force, 32–33,
dismissal of allegations of, not 33
supported by videos, 41 opinion about defunding police, 55

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