Twelve blind jurors

Article Abstract:

Long term tensions between the police and black citizens of Los Angeles, CA exploded when an jury with no black members acquitted 4 white policemen of any wrongdoing in the beating of Rodney King, a black man. The police department must clean up its racist and violent image if things are going to change.

Analysis, Causes of, Los Angeles, California, Riots, 1992, Rodney King Verdict Aftermath, 1992

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The thin beige line: policing the border

Article Abstract:

Critics charge that the Border Patrol, which is charged with the daunting task of preventing illegal immigration into the US, is a haven for rogue agents who run roughshod over aliens' and others' human rights. Some Border Patrol agents have been implicated in aliens' deaths.

Investigations, Crimes against, United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Law enforcement officers, Illegal immigrants, Border patrols

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Overkill: race and crime

Article Abstract:

The fatal police beating of Malice Green, an unarmed African American, has produced an uproar comparable to that created by the videotaped beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. Detroit officials are determined to try the officers on second degree murder charges.

Detroit, Michigan, Crime, Homicide

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