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2 - Policing in St. Louis: “I Feel Like a Runaway Slave Sometimes”

from Part I - The View From the Streets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2019

By
Thomas B. Harvey  and
Janae Staicer
Edited by
Tamara Rice Lave  and
Eric J. Miller
Tamara Rice Lave
Affiliation:
University of Miami School of Law
Eric J. Miller
Affiliation:
Loyola School of Law, Los Angeles
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Summary

This chapter highlights the lived experiences of Black women whose bodies are controlled, dignity destroyed, and poverty exacerbated by a racist and predatory police system in St. Louis. The co-authors conducted extensive interviews with five women over the course of several months: Nicole Bolden, Keilee Fant, Kristine Hendrix, Samantha Jenkins, and Meredith Walker.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States , pp. 39 - 62
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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