{"product_id":"hands-up-dont-shoot-jennifer-e-cobbina-9781479874415","title":"Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest over the unjustified homicides of unarmed black males at the hands of police officers. These local tragedies--and the protests surrounding them--assumed national significance, igniting fierce debate about the fairness and efficacy of the American criminal justice system. Yet, outside the gaze of mainstream attention, how do local residents and protestors in Ferguson and Baltimore understand their own experiences with race, place, and policing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Hands Up, Don't Shoot\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennifer Cobbina draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred residents of Ferguson and Baltimore, conducted within two months of the deaths of Brown and Gray. She examines how protestors in both cities understood their experiences with the police, how those experiences influenced their perceptions of policing, what galvanized Black Lives Matter as a social movement, and how policing tactics during demonstrations influenced subsequent mobilization decisions among protesters. Ultimately, she humanizes people's deep and abiding anger, underscoring how a movement emerged to denounce both racial biases by police and the broader economic and social system that has stacked the deck against young black civilians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHands Up, Don't Shoot\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkably current, on-the-ground assessment of the powerful, protestor-driven movement around race, justice, and policing in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer E. Cobbina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479874418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479874415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 pg. 81","brand":"Jennifer E. Cobbina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042343219455,"sku":"9781479874415","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e1fd03a-02b1-43b7-91ca-807b8a4f0c3c.jpg?v=1684960963","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hands-up-dont-shoot-jennifer-e-cobbina-9781479874415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}