Congressional Record: Patrick J. Toomey’s comments on the Ferguson protests, 2015
Tag Archives: protests
First Amendment Issues in Ferguson, Missouri, CRS Legal Sidebar
CRS Report: Addresses First Amendment issues pertaining to ongoing public protests in response to police shooting in Aug. 9, 2014 police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., 2014
The “Militarization” of Law Enforcement and the Department of Defense’s “1033 Program”, CRS Insight
CRS Report: Addresses concerns regarding “militarization” of law enforcement and expanding role of special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams, in light of recent clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson, Mo. Examines possible militarization role of DOD “1033 Program,” established to provide material support to authorized Federal and State law enforcement agencies in the form of transfers of articles suitable for use in counterdrug and counterterrorism activities., 2014
Community Policing, Lessons Learned from Ferguson
Congressional Record: Comments from the Congressional Black Caucus on the police killing of Michael Brown and protests in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014
The Ferguson Riots: An Important Event that has Changed America, by Phillip Nguyen
Congressional Record: Pete Olson reading the essay of high schooler Phillip Nguyen on the Ferguson protests, 2016
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Record: Congressional Black Caucus on the police killings of African Americans and Black Lives Matter protests, 2015
Oversight of Federal Programs for Equipping State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Congressional Hearing: Hearing to examine Federal role and programs to provide State and local police with surplus DOD military equipment and Federal grant funding for tactical training and equipment, in light of concerns about alleged excessive use of military-type equipment and tactics by police in Ferguson, Mo., to maintain public safety and crowd control during protests and demonstrations in the days following Aug. 9, 2014, death of African-American teenager Michael Brown, who was killed by a white Ferguson, Mo., police officer. Background and Context: Since 1997, Federal agencies have supplied over $5 billion in surplus DOD supplies and equipment to law enforcement. Recent events in Ferguson, Mo., have raised concerns about whether State and local law enforcement use of military-type equipment and tactical training should be more closely examined., 2014
Ferguson, Mo.: Federal Investigation of Possible Civil Rights Violations, There and Elsewhere, CRS Legal Sidebar
CRS Report: Examines FBI investigation of possible civil rights violation in case in which a police officer shot and killed a teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Miss., 2014
Civil Strife and the Law: An Overview, Sept. 6, 1968. 19 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Civil Strife and the Law: An Overview, 1968
[Shoot-out in Cleveland: black militants and the police, July 23, 1968]. 160 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Shoot-out in Cleveland between black militants and the police, 1968
Commission Statement–“Group Violence” (Vol. 1) [1969]. 198 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Commission statement on group violence, including black militancy and white extremism, 1969
Commission Statement–“Group Violence” (Vol. 3) [1969]. 318 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Commission statement on group violence, 1969
Commission Statement–“Group Violence” (Vol. 5) [1969]. 150 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Commission statement on group violence, 1969
Commission Statement–“Group Violence” (Vol. 6) [1969]. 79 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Commission statement on group violence, 1969
Commission Statement–“Civil Disobedience” [1969]. 95 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Commission statement on civil disobedience, 1969
Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Vol. I [a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence prepared by Hugh Davis Graham and Ted Robert Gurr, June 1969]. 166 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, a report to the Commission prepared by Hugh Davis Graham and Ted Robert Gurr, 1969
Advisory and Informal Advisory Panels [1968-1969]. 81 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Advisory and informal advisory panels, including Task Force on Aggression and Violence, 1968-1969
The Politics of Protest: Violent Aspects of Protest and Confrontation [a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence prepared by Jerome Skolnick, 1969]. 154 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: The Politics of Protest: Violent Aspects of Protest and Confrontation, a report to the Commission prepared by Jerome Skolnick, 1969
Correspondence File [1968]. 133 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Commission correspondence file, 1968
Group Violence Task Force [1968-1969]. 417 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Group Violence Task Force, 1968-1969
Task Force [on Group Violence, 1969]. 156 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Group Violence Task Force, 1969
Task Force [on Group Violence, 1968]. 184 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Group Violence Task Force, 1968
Comments on Group Violence Task Force Report (1st draft) [1969]. 50 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Comments on Group Violence Task Force report, 1969
Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Violence in America [1968-1969]. 322 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Violence in America, 1968-1969
Interim Report, Draft–Oct. 29, 1968. 38 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Interim report draft, 1968