Protest Slogan: ‘Defund The Police,’ Launches a Societal Debate
Interview with Tamara K. Nopper, a sociologist, conducted by Scott Harris
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/06/01: A participant holding a Defund Police sign at the protest. Hundreds of protesters gathered flooded the streets of Crown Heights in Brooklyn to demand the defunding of the police force and to demonstrate against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death by Officer Derek Chauvin who kept his knee on Floyd's neck for more than 8 1/2 minutes, including 2 1/2 minutes after Floyd became unresponsive. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Tamara K. Nopper discusses her recent Jacobin magazine article, “Protesters’ Demands in Response to Police Brutality Have Come a Long Way Since the 1992 LA Rebellion,” and her views on the opportunities to take on America’s structural racism and inequality. Nopper’s whose research focuses on the racial wealth gap and the relationship between racism, financialization, criminalization, and punishment.
