The vast majority of the law enforcement officers in this country perform their very difficult jobs with respect for their communities and in compliance with th

The now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation's top expert

Hi-Lo YA nonfiction. Black Americans are disproportionately affected by police violence. One central part of the Black Lives Matter Movement calls for an end to

Data is from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods.

Robertson and Chaney examine how the early antecedents of police brutality like plantation overseers, the lynching of African American males, early race riots,