Suspicion nation : the inside story of the Trayvon Martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it /

The award-winning journalist who covered the trial discusses the laws, culture and conditions that exist in modern America that allowed George Zimmerman to be fully acquitted after killing an unarmed, black teenager in his gated Florida community.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bloom, Lisa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, [2014]
Subjects:

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ki 4500
001 in00003461256
005 20151206092216.0
008 131014t20142014caua b 000 0deng d
020 |a 9781619023277 
020 |a 161902327X 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn860756299 
040 |a YDXCP  |e rda  |c YDXCP  |d BWK  |d BDX  |d TXG  |d HLS  |d JQM  |d IEB  |d GZL  |d TXA  |d UtOrBLW 
043 |a n-us--- 
049 |a TXAM 
050 4 |a HV7936.R3  |b B55 2014 
082 0 |a 363.2/3089  |2 23 
090 |a HV7936.R3  |b B56 2014 
100 1 |a Bloom, Lisa. 
245 1 0 |a Suspicion nation :  |b the inside story of the Trayvon Martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it /  |c Lisa Bloom. 
264 1 |a Berkeley, California :  |b Counterpoint,  |c [2014] 
264 4 |c ©2014 
300 |a 318 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
520 |a The award-winning journalist who covered the trial discusses the laws, culture and conditions that exist in modern America that allowed George Zimmerman to be fully acquitted after killing an unarmed, black teenager in his gated Florida community. 
505 0 |a Introduction: The sixth juror -- PART ONE: A winnable case is lost. 1. The people demand an arrest -- 2. The state misses its best evidence -- 3. Too squeamish to talk about race -- 4. Bungling the science -- 5. The state's star witness, Rachel Jeantel, is neutralized -- 6. Mishandling the 911 call -- 7. Closing arguments: a disaster for the prosecution -- 8. It's not over. PART TWO: Fear and lawlessness in suspicion nation. 9. "Everyone's a little bit racist" -- 10. One nation, overgunned -- 11. Bring it on, make my day, stand your ground -- Conclusion: Aligning our actions with our core values -- Notes. 
600 1 0 |a Martin, Trayvon,  |d 1995-2012. 
600 1 0 |a Zimmerman, George,  |d 1983- 
650 0 |a Racial profiling in law enforcement  |z Florida  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Racial profiling in law enforcement  |z United States. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Race relations  |y 21st century. 
650 0 |a Neighborhood watch programs  |z Florida  |z Sanford. 
650 0 |a Self-defense (Law)  |z Florida. 
650 0 |a Criminal justice, Administration of  |z Florida. 
948 |a cataloged  |b h  |c 2014/4/2  |d c  |e ceaton  |f 1:25:53 pm 
994 |a C0  |b TXA 
999 |a MARS 
999 f f |s dc27246b-06c4-396e-825f-6aa39538b15d  |i 8139c169-bae7-372d-838d-bd158b0b0e6e  |t 0 
952 f f |p normal  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |s Evans cat  |d SUPPRESSED  |t 0  |e HV7936.R3 B56 2014  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |m A14842336894 
998 f f |a HV7936.R3 B56 2014  |t 0  |l Evans: Library Stacks