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The Structural Problem of Encounters Between African Americans and Law Enforcement
The book considers the broader problem of encounters between African-Americans and law enforcement, but doesn't talk explicitly about race or whether the cops are racist/nThe author avoids drawing conclusions about individual cases as it could distract from the broader structural issue/nThe book focuses on institutional mechanisms that create these encounters/nRelying on the explanation that individual cases are about a racist cop is not sufficient in addressing the problem and has been an ongoing issue for hundreds of years