Research Guides: Black America and COVID-19: POLICING & LAW ENFORCEMENT

POLICING & LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Masking while black: A coronavirus story: When covering your face could save your life or get you killed Then Washington Post Damon Young April 10, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/10/coronavirus-masks-black-america/	news
'It Conjures Up Every Racial Stereotype.' For Black Men, Homemade Masks May Be a Risk All Their Own Time Magazine Alejandro de la Garza April 14, 2020 https://time.com/5821250/homemask-masks-racial-stereotypes/	news
For Black Men, Fear That Masks Will Invite Racial Profiling The New York Times Derrick Bryson Taylor April 14, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/coronavirus-masks-racism-african-americans.html	news
Senators are demanding a solution to police stopping black men for wearing — and not wearing — masks Vox Fabiola Cineas April 22, 2020 https://www.vox.com/2020/4/22/21230999/black-men-wearing-masks-police-bias-harris-booker-senate	news
Resources to Challenge Policing and Incarceration as Part of a COVID-19 Response Human Impact Partners May 2020 https://humanimpact.org/hipprojects/health-not-punishment-covid/	resource collection
Policing During Covid-19: A public health messsaging tool-kit to invest in health not punishment Human Impact Partners May 2020 https://humanimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HIP2-covid-faqs_2020.05.07fin.pdf	resource
Is the NYPD enforcing social distancing differently in communities of color? Mic Melissa Pandika, May 4, 2020 https://www.mic.com/p/is-the-nypd-enforcing-social-distancing-differently-in-communities-of-color-22871139	news
Early Data Shows Black People Are Being Disproportionally Arrested for Social Distancing Violations ProPublica Joshua Kaplan and Benjamin Hard May 8, 2020 https://www.propublica.org/article/in-some-of-ohios-most-populous-areas-black-people-were-at-least-4-times-as-likely-to-be-charged-with-stay-at-home-violations-as-whites	news
Journalist Arrested in Manhattan for Writing “Trump=Plague” in Chalk Hyperallergeic Hakim Bishara May 8, 2020 https://hyperallergic.com/562782/journalist-arrested-in-manhattan-for-writing-trumpplague-in-chalk/	news
"Déjà Vu": Attorneys Say De Blasio's Social Distancing Enforcement Is Stop-And-Frisk All Over Again Gothamist Jake Offenhartz May 26, 2020 https://gothamist.com/news/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-attorneys-say-de-blasios-social-distancing-enforcement-is-stop-and-frisk-all-over-again	news
Op-ed: Racism underlies both lethal policing and COVID-19 disparities Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University Mary Bassett, Caroline Buckee, and Nancy Krieger June 5, 2020 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/op-ed-racism-underlies-both-lethal-policing-and-covid-19-disparities/ Read the NY Daily News article here	op-ed
Racism and COVID-19: Inequities and Policing Facebook Live Q&A with David Harris, Managing Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School Presented jointly by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & WGBH June 18, 2020 https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/racism-and-covid-19/	event, video
Breathe Act Launch Electoral Justice Project, The Movement for Black Lives July 7, 2020 https://vimeo.com/436186669	video
Testimony in Opposition to Massachusetts “Police Reform” Bill S.2820 Charles Hamilton Houston Institute For Race and Justice July 17, 2020 https://charleshamiltonhouston.org/news/2020/07/testimony-in-opposition-to-massachusetts-police-reform-bill-s-2820/	resource
"Sweeping Police Reform" #ReformShiftBuildMA Twitter July 14, 2020 https://twitter.com/CourtWatchMA/status/1283154677094285313	social media