Legal Information
- ACLU Know Your Rights: Protesters' RightsThe American Civil Liberties Union provides information about the legal rights of protesters in the U.S.
- Deadly Discretion: The Failure of Police Use of Force Policies to Meet Fundamental International Human Rights Law and StandardsDownload the results from a 2020 study by the University of Chicago Law School International Human Rights Clinic.
- Racial Justice in the U.S.Legal research guide from Drake University Law Library.
- Researching the Facts About Police Brutality & Racial Disparity in HeinOnlineThis blog post provides a brief background & information about conducting further research in the HeinOnline database.
- USA: The World is Watching: Mass Violation by U.S. Police of Black Lives Matter Protesters' RightsReport by Amnesty International examining failure to limit the use of force by law enforcement to situations where it is necessary & proportionate to an actual threat. Includes recommendations to federal, state & local authorities to ensure accountability for these violations.
Louisville Information
- Current Issues: LMPD ProbeUofL Law Library guide to materials related to the 2021 U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department.
- Louisville Metro Police Department: An Independent and Objective Assessment of the Department's Policies, Practices and Procedures as well Community EngagementFinal report assembled by Hillard Heintze consulting firm on Jan. 27, 2021.
Books
Crimes That Changed Our World: tragedy, outrage, and reform by Call Number: K5032 .R63 2018ISBN: 9781538102015Publication Date: 2018Can crime make our world safer? Crimes are the worst of humanity's wrongs but, oddly, they sometimes "trigger" improvement in our lives.
Engines of Liberty: the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law by Call Number: KF384 .C65 2016ISBN: 9780465060900Publication Date: 2016From the national legal director of the ACLU, a guidebook for anyone seeking to stand up for fundamental civil liberties & rights.
Ferguson's Fault Lines: the race quake that rocked a nation by Call Number: HV9956.F47 F47 2016ISBN: 9781634253727Publication Date: 2016In almost every highly publicized case of police using deadly force & killing unarmed individuals, the person killed was an African American male. These incidents have caused dramatic erosion in public confidence in the justice system & America's promise of equal treatment under the law.
Insurrection : rebellion, civil rights, and the paradoxical state of Black citizenship by Call Number: KF5060 .A955 2022ISBN: 9781324003038Publication Date: 2022The 1807 Insurrection Act was passed to give the president the ability to deploy federal military forces to fend off lawlessness & rebellion. This book explores the way it is linked to the perceived threat of black American equity.
Poverty Law and Legal Activism: lives that slide out of view by Call Number: KF336 .G43 2018ISBN: 9781138556058Publication Date: 2018Provides an account of contemporary jurisprudence, legal theory & legal activism.
Silenced Stages: the loss of academic freedom and campus policy debates by Call Number: LC72.2 .L36 2019ISBN: 9781531016029Publication Date: 2019Discusses incidents that created national publicity at Amherst, Brown, City University of New York, Evergreen, Lewis & Clark, Michigan, Middlebury, New York University, Reed, Seattle, Yale, UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, Vanderbilt & Wesleyan.
Speak Freely: why universities must defend free speech by Call Number: LC72.2 .W46 2019ISBN: 9780691191522Publication Date: 2019Describes the dangers of empowering campus censors to limit speech & enforce orthodoxy.
