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sarahxsimon's review
3.0
Each individual essay was quite good, but the collective sum of them was repetitive and not as insightful as I had hoped. There's a reason this book took me three months to read. I wish the authors could have collaborated more; I did not need each of the twelve essays to explain the deaths of Eric Garner or Michael Brown. Overall, I wish the book were more cohesive and that I had learned more.
sarahrosea's review against another edition
informative
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, and Racism
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Classism, and Slavery
Minor: Confinement
quigonchuy's review
4.0
A collection of essays and speeches. Definitely informative, though disheartening at the lack of progress in this area in our society.
rtwilliams16's review
3.0
This is an important book for scholars, legal practitioners and the general public who are concerned about issues of racial injustice in America. Policing the Black Man is a collection of essays that covers how Black men are policed from the time they are arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned. The essays on arrests were good but I didn't feel like I learned anything new. However, the essays on the issues of prosecution and imprisonment were eye opening to me. One of the biggest takeaways is that we need more prosecutors who are willing to address racial disparities in the system. Ultimately, you will learn that the criminal justice system is fundamentally unfair to Black men when they are victims and when they are perpetuators of crime. The only way to tackle these issues is to address them head on. We need more implicit bias training for cops, more prosecutors who will indict cops who kill unarmed Black people, and less mandatory minimum sentences so that judges can use more discretion on low level offenses.
abbyb23's review
challenging
informative
slow-paced
5.0
An impactful, fascinating read about the long history of discrimination against Black men in the context of the justice system.