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“As you think about the politics of police abolitionism, remember: Black America vs White America do not experience the same police."

As you think about the politics of police abolitionism, remember: Black America vs White America do not experience the same police.

This was a STRIKING result from my interviews w police chiefs across three states from 2014-2017 when i asked them about gun violence & gun rights

— Jennifer Carlson, PhD (@jdawncarlson) June 4, 2020

Revisiting the Weberian Presumption: Gun Militarism, Gun Populism, and the Racial Politics of Legitimate Violence in Policing

American Journal of Sociology

Carlson, Jennifer

Vol. 125 Issue 3, pp. 633–682, 2019

10.1086/707609

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