Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, Oregon (2015)
01 Jan 2015 • Documentary, History • 1h 24m
A historical and political analysis of the role of the police in contemporary society and the history of policing in the United States. It provides a framework for understanding the systems of social control in Portland with its history of exclusion laws, racial profiling, gentrification practices, and policing along lines of race and class. It serves to uncover Portland's unique history of police relations and community response.
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