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Policing Los Angeles race, resistance, and the rise of the LAPD

Title
Policing Los Angeles [electronic resource] : race, resistance, and the rise of the LAPD / Max Felker-Kantor.
Author
Felker-Kantor, Max.
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

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Description
1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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"--
Series Statement
Justice, power, and politics
Uniform Title
  • Policing Los Angeles (Online)
  • Justice, power, and politics.
Alternative Title
Policing Los Angeles (Online)
Subject
  • Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department > History > 20th century
  • Police > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
  • Police administration > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
  • Discrimination in law enforcement > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) > Politics and government > 20th century
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Policing Raceriotland : a journey into racist policing and urban uprising -- The year of the cop : buying and selling law and order -- High noon in the ghetto : occupied territory and resistance to police brutality -- Kid thugs are spreading terror through the streets : legitimizing supervision of black and Latino youth -- Police crimes and power abuses : police reform and antipolice abuse movements -- The rap sheet : the nimble surveillance state -- Policing an internal border : constructing illegality and exclusive citizenship -- The enemy within : drug gangs and police militarization -- The chickens have come home to roost : police violence and urban rebellion redux.
LCCN
2018010264
OCLC
ssj0002060180
Author
Felker-Kantor, Max.
Title
Policing Los Angeles [electronic resource] : race, resistance, and the rise of the LAPD / Max Felker-Kantor.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series
Justice, power, and politics
Justice, power, and politics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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