Neighborhood Watch - Fields, Shawn E.
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"This book explores the private weaponization of racial fear that drives modern-day enforcement of these Black and White spaces. More than any express hatred of African Americans or desire to return to formal segregation, private White actors today react to deeply ingrained, systemic, and often unconscious racial fear of Black people who appear "out of place" in their public environment. They weaponize this racial fear in a variety of ways, including by abusing 911 to enforce formal social control via armed government agents, by trafficking in racial fear to whitewash their own misdeeds…mehr

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"This book explores the private weaponization of racial fear that drives modern-day enforcement of these Black and White spaces. More than any express hatred of African Americans or desire to return to formal segregation, private White actors today react to deeply ingrained, systemic, and often unconscious racial fear of Black people who appear "out of place" in their public environment. They weaponize this racial fear in a variety of ways, including by abusing 911 to enforce formal social control via armed government agents, by trafficking in racial fear to whitewash their own misdeeds through "racial hoaxes," and by exacting vigilante justice through extrajudicial killing under the guise of self-defense and standing one's ground. Each of these approaches perverts and exploits the weapon of choice - the criminal justice system - with violent repercussions for the Black targets of this subformal apartheid. More often than not, private actors employing these methods enjoy the express or implicit support of government officials at all levels, from local police departments to state legislatures to the United States Supreme Court"--
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Shawn Fields is a legal scholar, civil rights attorney, and criminal justice reform advocate. He has represented dozens of clients challenging unconstitutional criminal detentions, and currently teaches Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law at Campbell University School of Law. He previously opened the first refugee rights law office in East Africa, representing over 500 refugees in status determination hearings. Shawn lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife and their two children.