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Posted on July 14, 2016 by admin
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My brother, Tom Vargas, a Chicago police officer, worked in Englewood, one of Chicago’s most violent and gang infested neighborhoods. On the morning of June 1, 2009, I woke to news of a young officer killed in Tom’s district…. Read More
Posted on November 30, 2014 by admin
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We are deeply disappointed in the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. The handling of the case by St. Louis County Prosecutor Attorney Robert McCulloch and… Read More
Posted on September 20, 2014 by admin
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Reflecting on Ferguson by Evan Stewart In the wake of protests responding to the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, sociologists began building a large body of resources to explain how these events fit into… Read More
Posted on September 20, 2014 by admin
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On the heels of the open letter signed by over 1,400 sociologists after the police killing of unarmed black teen Michael Brown, the newly formed group Sociologists for Justice has released a list of published research that informs… Read More
Posted on August 26, 2014 by admin
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This year’s annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) recently took place in San Francisco. Coming on the heels of the killing of unarmed black teen Michael Ferguson Jr. at the hands of a white police officer in… Read More
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It’s on all of us to stop the mini ‘civil wars’ being waged on our streets
Posted on July 14, 2016 by admin
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My brother, Tom Vargas, a Chicago police officer, worked in Englewood, one of Chicago’s most violent and gang infested neighborhoods. On the morning of June 1, 2009, I woke to news of a young officer killed in Tom’s district…. Read More
Category: Blog, Uncategorized Tags: AltonSterling, PhilandoCastile, police brutality, Policing
Statement on Grand Jury Decision in Shooting Death of Michael Brown
Posted on November 30, 2014 by admin
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We are deeply disappointed in the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. The handling of the case by St. Louis County Prosecutor Attorney Robert McCulloch and… Read More
Category: Media Tags: Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Grand Jury, Micheal Brown, police brutality
The SocietyPages: There’s Research on That!
Posted on September 20, 2014 by admin
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Reflecting on Ferguson by Evan Stewart In the wake of protests responding to the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, sociologists began building a large body of resources to explain how these events fit into… Read More
Category: Media Tags: Ferguson, Micheal Brown, News, police brutality, Policing, Racism, Sociologists, Syllabus
Aboutcom: The Ferguson Syllabus, Sociological Research Puts Ferguson in Context
Posted on September 20, 2014 by admin
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On the heels of the open letter signed by over 1,400 sociologists after the police killing of unarmed black teen Michael Brown, the newly formed group Sociologists for Justice has released a list of published research that informs… Read More
Category: Media Tags: Ferguson, Micheal Brown, News, police brutality, Policing, Sociologists, Syllabus
About.com: Sociologists Take Historic Stand on Racism and Police Brutality
Posted on August 26, 2014 by admin
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This year’s annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) recently took place in San Francisco. Coming on the heels of the killing of unarmed black teen Michael Ferguson Jr. at the hands of a white police officer in… Read More
Category: Media Tags: Ferguson, Micheal Brown, police brutality
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