Policing the Black Man
Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
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May 1, 2017
“The political justice system polices black men at every step of the process,” asserts Davis (Arbitrary Justice), a professor of law at American University and editor of this eye-opening assemblage of essays on racism in the American criminal justice system. The various perspectives of the contributors—all specialists in criminal law and justice—offer a kaleidoscopic view of each step. In “Boys to Men,” for example, Kristin Henning, the director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Georgetown Law, demonstrates the devastating impact of the presence of police security officers in schools. Her essay is followed by law professor Katheryn Russell-Brown’s in-depth examination of implicit bias. “The Grand Jury and Police Violence Against Black Men,” by Roger Fairfax (Grand Jury 2.0), illuminates a less-discussed stage of the criminal process, as does Davis’s own contribution, which considers the particular role of the prosecutor. The culmination is relentlessly informative and disturbing.
Professor Davis collects a powerful range of authors with critical legal perspectives that unpack the how racist ideology has been intertwined with the legal system throughout history and into the present. Robin Miles and Kevin Kenerly trade off narrating the essays according to each author's gender. Miles's matter-of-fact voice is coupled with a skill for timing and emphasis that makes the points being made resonate with the listener. Kenerly's deep and soft voice doesn't deliver the same punch that Miles's does but still provides a consistent and engaging narration. Amid the current racial tension in the U.S., Davis's collection articulates the ways that black men are legally disenfranchised and, as a result, culturally disregarded. L.E. � AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
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