Contents
Alicia Garza
Maya Schenwar, Joe Macaré and Alana Yu-lan Price
Part I: Police Failing to Serve and Protect
1. Killing the Future: The Theft of Black Life
Nicholas Powers
2. Ring of Snitches: How Detroit Police Slapped False Murder Convictions on Young Black Men
Aaron Miguel Cantú
3. Amid Shootings, Chicago Police Department Upholds Culture of Impunity
Sarah Macaraeg and Alison Flowers
4. Beyond Homan Square: US History Is Steeped in Torture
Adam Hudson
Roberto Rodriguez
William C. Anderson
7. Say Her Name: What It Means to Center Black Women’s Experiences of Police Violence
Andrea J. Ritchie
8. Your Pregnancy May Subject You to Even More Law Enforcement Violence
Victoria Law
9. Black Parenting Matters: Raising Children in a World of Police Terror
Eisa Nefertari Ulen
Part II: Communities Building Resistance and Alternatives
10. Big Dreams and Bold Steps Toward a Police-Free Future
Rachel Herzing
11. We Charge Genocide: The Emergence of a Movement
Asha Rosa, Monica Trinidad and Page May
12. Heeding the Call: Black Women Fighting for Black Lives That Matter
Thandisizwe Chimurenga
13. Our History and Our Dreams: Building Black and Native Solidarity
Kelly Hayes
14. A New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Call the Police
Mike Ludwig
15. Community Groups Work to Provide Emergency Medical Alternatives, Separate From Police
Candice Bernd
16. Building Community Safety: Practical Steps Toward Liberatory Transformation
Ejeris Dixon