Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy

http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/3123
Date Written:  2011-01-01
Publisher:  Against the Current
Year Published:  2011
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX12436

What clearly sets a number of recent cases apart is not the fact of police violence, but the fact that that violence is being challenged. The controversy, in other words, is not only about violence, but about authority. It is a crisis of legitimacy.

Subject Headings

• Killings by Police
• Police Brutality
• Police Misconduct
• Police Violence
• Resistance