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“Similarities are presented throughout these cases of police violence… Police tried to justify their behavior by stating the victim looked suspicious. This suspicion the police refer to originates from stereotypes… created during the antebellum period to oppress Blacks."

Race and Consequences: An Examination of Police Abuse in America

Journal of Social Sciences

Martin, Nicole L. / Kposowa, Augustine J.

Vol. 15 Issue 1, pp. 1–10, 2019

10.3844/jssp.2019.1.10

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