Brown, Black, and Brutalized: A Brief History of Police Brutality Against Chicanos and African Americans in Houston.

The article offers a brief history of police brutality against Chicanos and African Americans in Houston. It posits that the policies and practices of the Houston Police Department (HPD) not only permit police violence, but that its refusal to change said policies is tantamount to state sanctioned v...

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Publicado en:Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 45 - 79
Autor principal: Esparza, Jesús Jesse
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Southern Studies Institute Spring/Summer2023
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Sumario:The article offers a brief history of police brutality against Chicanos and African Americans in Houston. It posits that the policies and practices of the Houston Police Department (HPD) not only permit police violence, but that its refusal to change said policies is tantamount to state sanctioned violence.