"Kill the Pigs !" The Case of Joe Torres and the Fight Against Police Brutality in Houston, 1977-1978.
In this article, police violence is explored through the lens of newspaper accounts as well as oral histories. It aims to provide a brief history of the multi- racial and generational coalitions that emerged in the late 1970s to combat police brutality and called for substantive reform of law enforc...
| Publicado en: | Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 79 - 121 |
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Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Southern Studies Institute
Spring/Summer2023
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| Sumario: | In this article, police violence is explored through the lens of newspaper accounts as well as oral histories. It aims to provide a brief history of the multi- racial and generational coalitions that emerged in the late 1970s to combat police brutality and called for substantive reform of law enforcement, along with the case of Joe Torres. |
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