6th Annual WML Academic Symposium

Time: 9:00 AM
Rm 225
Presenter(s): Jasmine Foushee
Title: Racial Tensions in Law Enforcement
Developed under the guidance of Dr. Catherine Cowling , Criminal Justice

In recent years many high-profile cases involving police-related deaths have created a division between police and the community. A snowball effect began with the killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; it shed a light on racial misrepresentation in the police force, causing protests across the nation.