https://dirkkelly.com/tags/metropolitiques/Recent content in Metropolitiques on Dirk KellyHugoen-USWed, 28 Mar 2018 21:34:55 +0000https://dirkkelly.com/posts/disarm-the-police-gregory-smithsimon/Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:34:55 +0000https://dirkkelly.com/posts/disarm-the-police-gregory-smithsimon/<p><a href="http://www.metropolitiques.eu/Disarm-the-Police.html" title="http://www.metropolitiques.eu/Disarm-the-Police.html" target="_blank">http://www.metropolitiques.eu/Disarm-the-Police.html</a> </p> <p>Disarming the police is urgent. Not only would it address thousands of police shootings every year, getting rid of guns goes to the very heart of police conflict and poor relationships with communities of color.</p> <p>As Mitchell Duneier (1999), Peter Moskos (2009) and others have observed, police interactions in low-income communities revolve around issues of respect. Police demand respect, civilians resent disrespect, and interactions become confrontations that escalate into mistreatment, abuse, and violence.</p>