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increase in aggressive nature of, 23 Police Executive Research Forum,
paramilitary (SWAT) teams, 21–23, 62
22, 25–26, 29 poverty, 24, 58
people of color as targets and, 21 Powell, Lewis F., 49
tighter restrictions on federal Proceedings of the National Academy
transfers of gear to, 29–30 of Sciences, 7
officers killed in line of duty, 24 Prude, Daniel, 56–58
origin of modern departments of, 12 Prude, Joe, 56–57, 58
public opinion about public opinion
appropriateness of actions of, 40 appropriateness of actions of police,
fairness of police treatment of Black 40
Americans, 26, 64 defunding police and police reforms,
killings of Brown and Floyd as 55, 60
policing problems, 64 fairness of police treatment of Black
reforms, 55, 60 Americans, 26, 64
qualified immunity killings of Brown and Floyd as policing
accountability and, 50–51 problem, 64
actions of police, 46–47
described, 46 qualified immunity
US Supreme Court and, 47–52, 50 actions of police, 46–47
race of officers and race of victims, 7 described, 46
racial disparities in experiencing, 32–33 police accountability and, 50–51
responding to nonemergency calls, US Supreme Court and, 47–52, 50
56–58
response to Black Lives Matter racial disparities
protests, 26–29, 27 charges against police and, 44
responsibilities of, 9 defunding police, 60
use of excessive force by deployment of SWAT teams, 25
complaints in Camden, New Jersey, in experiencing militarization of police,
58, 61, 63 32–33
criminal liability for, 42, 43 incarceration rates for low-level drug
dismissal of allegations of, not dealing, 23
supported by videos, 41 systemic racial discrimination and,
effects of, 27–28 24–25
frequency of, 15 in views of police, 26
response to Black Lives Matter Ranalli, Mike, 15–16
protests as, 27 Ray, Rashawn, 56
standard of “reasonableness” of Rice, Tamir, 16–19, 17, 46
officer’s actions, 15–16, 43 Richardson, Allissa V., 40–41
use of force by Robinson, Eugene, 32
deadly, when dealing with mentally Rochester, New York, 56–58
ill, 56–58, 59 Rose, David, 37
instances when police can use Ryan, Kevin, 27–28
deadly, 9, 62–63
race and, in California, 7 Sanford, Florida, 57
video recordings of, 34–35 Schulik, Krystal, 58
“wandering officers,” 48 Sharpton, Al, 57
warrior mentality and, 28 sheriff’s officers. See police
weapons use by, 11–12, 13 Sheskey, Rusten, 31–32

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