The Rise of Police Unions
Speaker
Ayesha Bell Hardaway, David ThacherDate & time
Location
How did broad social backlash to Black liberation movements of the 1950s and 1960s grant police unions the power to dictate the policy and culture of municipal policing?
Join the Center for Racial Justice for a timely conversation examining the historical roots of police union power and how these dynamics continue to shape debates around accountability, labor, and reform. The event will include discussion and space for audience questions.
Lunch from Jerusalem Garden provided.
This event is open to U-M students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members and will not be recorded or livestreamed.
About the speakers
Ayesha Bell Hardaway, JD, is a Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University where she serves as Director of the Law School's Social Justice Law Center and its Criminal Defense Clinic. Professor Hardaway also serves as Director of the University's Social Justice Institute. Her leadership role at the Social Justice Institute began in May 2020 after an appointment by then Provost Ben Vincent III. Professor Hardaway's research and scholarship interests include the intersection of race with constitutional law, criminal law, policing, and civil litigation. She has written on many topics including reparations, labor law, the Thirteenth Amendment, and policing.
David Thacher is an associate professor of public policy and urban planning at the University of Michigan. His research draws from philosophy, history, and the interpretive social sciences to develop and apply a humanistic approach to policy research. Most of his work has focused on policing, including studies of police order maintenance, the role of knowledge in police innovation, and the transformation of police authority in 19th and 20th century America.
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