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The Morbid Nature of Tasers

by Ella RamirezPosted on November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

Why is the use of tasers and stun guns so normalized among urban women? These weapons have been studied in the context of policing, but very little research has been dedicated to the individual use of tasers for self-defense.

Whose Abolition?

by Iman YusufPosted on May 5, 2021June 3, 2021

In summer 2020, I witnessed the eerie formation of a narrative: the sensationalized focus on the police officer that little matched the masses’ sentiments regarding prisons. There was lots of “ACAB!” and little “Prisons are obsolete.”

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Black Trauma and Resistance in Film

by Cecilia InnisPosted on February 20, 2021

A Characterization of Police Violence in "Queen and Slim" and "The Hate You Give"

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For Robert (7/15/13)

by Owen ThielePosted on May 9, 2016May 9, 2016

"feeling your heart beat through your screaming chants, hearing your sorrow through the reverbing stomps, smelling the fear in your every breath, and touching the hope in your gravelly voice" Poetry.

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