Description/Abstract
Although police brutality and COVID-19 are separate tragedies, they intersect. This brief describes how, from COVID-19 to police brutality, the U.S. black population consistently bears the burden of life-threatening consequences due to structural racism throughout multiple institutions.
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Document Type
Issue Brief
Keywords
COVID-19, Coronavirus, police brutality, social justice
Disciplines
Race and Ethnicity | Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance | Social Justice
Date
6-16-2020
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Shannon Monnat for comments on earlier drafts of this brief.
Recommended Citation
Jean, Tyra, "Black Lives Matter: Police Brutality in the Era of COVID-19" (2020). Population Health Research Brief Series. 34.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/34
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