Cop city swagger /

"Investigating whose safety really matters in the most expensive city in the nation, cop city swagger conducts a threat assessment of Vancouver's police. Holding close lived and living connections to the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods, Eng juxtaposes the police's and t...

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Main Author:	Eng, Mercedes, 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : Talonbooks, [2024]
Subjects:	Police > British Columbia > Vancouver > Poetry. Police brutality > British Columbia > Vancouver > Poetry. Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) > Poetry. Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) > Poetry. Brutalités policières > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Poésie. poetry. Poetry. Poésie.

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Summary:	"Investigating whose safety really matters in the most expensive city in the nation, cop city swagger conducts a threat assessment of Vancouver's police. Holding close lived and living connections to the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods, Eng juxtaposes the police's and the city's institutional rhetoric with their acts of violence against marginalized people, presenting a panoramic media montage of structural harm and community care"--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:	121 pages : 1 illustration ; 23 cm Issued also in electronic format.
ISBN:	9781772016321 1772016322