| Description |
382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Justice, power, and politics |
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Justice, power, and politics.
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-368) and index |
| Contents |
Introduction : the police power -- Chapter 1 Policing Raceriotland : a journey into racist policing and urban uprising -- Chapter 2 The year of the cop : buying and selling law and order -- Chapter 3 High noon in the ghetto : occupied territory and resistance to police brutality -- Chapter 4 Kid thugs are spreading terror through the streets : legitimizing supervision of Black and Latino/a youth -- Chapter 5 Police crimes and power abuses : police reform and anti-police abuse movements -- Chapter 6 The rap sheet : the nimble surveillance state -- Chapter 7 Policing an internal border : constructing criminal aliens and exclusive citizenship -- Chapter 8 The enemy within : drug gangs and police militarization -- Chapter 9 The chickens have come home to roost : police violence and urban rebellion redux -- Epilogue : The Rampart way : a gang truce, gangster cops, and a consent decree |
| Summary |
"Max Felker-Kantor narrates the dynamic history of policing, antipolice abuse movements, race, and politics in Los Angeles from the 1965 Watts uprising to the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion. Using the explosion of two large-scale uprisings in Los Angeles as bookends, Felker-Kantor highlights the racism at the heart of the city's expansive police power through a range of previously unused and rare archival sources. His book is a ... timely account of the transformation in police power, the convergence of interests in support of law and order policies, and African American and Mexican American resistance to police violence after the Watts uprising"-- Provided by publisher |
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When the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts erupted in violent protest in August 1965, the uprising drew strength from decades of pent-up frustration with employment discrimination, residential segregation, and poverty. But the more immediate grievance was anger at the racist and abusive practices of the Los Angeles Police Department. Yet in the decades after Watts, the LAPD resisted all but the most limited demands for reform made by activists and residents of color, instead intensifying its power. In Policing Los Angeles, Max Felker-Kantor narrates the dynamic history of policing, anti-police abuse movements, race, and politics in Los Angeles from the 1965 Watts uprising to the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion. Using the explosions of two large-scale uprisings in Los Angeles as book-ends, Felker-Kantor highlights the racism at the heart of the city's expansive police power through a range of previously unused and rare archival sources. His book is a gripping and timely account of the transformation in police power, the convergence of interests in support of law and order policies, and African American and Latino/a resistance to police violence after the Watts uprising. -- From dust jacket |
| Subjects |
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department -- History -- 20th century
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Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Police administration -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Discrimination in law enforcement -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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| Genre/Form |
History. fast |
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Informational works. lcgft |
| LC NO |
HV8148.L55 F45 2018 |
| Dewey No |
363.209794/9409045 23 |
| OCLC # |
1029481352 |
| ISBN |
9781469646831 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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1469646838 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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9781469646848 electronic book |
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1469646846 electronic book |
| LCCN |
2018010264 |
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