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Ferguson and the Politics of Policing Radical Protest

El-Enany, Nadine (2015) Ferguson and the Politics of Policing Radical Protest. Law and Critique, 26 . pp. 3-6. ISSN 0957-8536. (doi:10.1007/s10978-015-9151-2) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:106603)

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Abstract

While the norm amongst states seeking to repress protest movements which challenge their legitimacy is to resort to the ideology of the criminal law and allegations of violence against protesters as a means of depoliticising their activity there have been times when this method has appeared to those in power to be inadequate as a means of weakening or crushing a particular movement. The Ferguson protests in the summer of 2014 were initially met with police repression, but ultimately the National Guard was called in to respond to the protests, which were presented as being orchestrated by “outsiders”. In this way, the protests were re-politicsed for the purposes of justifying the deployment of the military against the people. This justification is antithetical to the notion and purpose of protest such as that in Ferguson, which is to be regarded as successful precisely in its having generated a broad movement that individuals and groups from across US states were moved to join.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s10978-015-9151-2
Subjects: J Political Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Nadine El-Enany
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2024 13:41 UTC
Last Modified: 19 Jul 2024 09:25 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/106603 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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