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F22rs Sgr No. 2 (Prime Time Class Scheduling), Cooper Ferguson, Emma Long, Calvin Feldt, Elizabeth Laurent
F22rs Sgr No. 2 (Prime Time Class Scheduling), Cooper Ferguson, Emma Long, Calvin Feldt, Elizabeth Laurent
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
To Urge and Request that the University Registrar halts the reimplementation of a policy that limits departments to scheduling no more than 55% of their course sections within prime-time hours
F22rs Sgr No. 1 (Allen Hall Murals), Nicole Monceaux, Cooper Ferguson, Ryan Reed
F22rs Sgr No. 1 (Allen Hall Murals), Nicole Monceaux, Cooper Ferguson, Ryan Reed
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
To Urge and Request Louisiana State University paint a new representation of Student Life over the Mural in Allen Hall depicting segregation and people of color picking cotton
F22rs Sgr 8 (Building Renaming Committee), Cooper Ferguson, Adam Dohrenwend
F22rs Sgr 8 (Building Renaming Committee), Cooper Ferguson, Adam Dohrenwend
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
A resolution to strongly condemn President William F. Tate IV for actions taken in regards to the Building Name Evaluation Committee and to Urge and Request LSU to follow-through on Fall 2017’s SGR 15 and Fall 2020’s SGR 4
F22rs Sgr 11 (Congratulate Jacob Brumfield), Landon Zeringue, Cooper Ferguson, Colin Raby, John Sweat
F22rs Sgr 11 (Congratulate Jacob Brumfield), Landon Zeringue, Cooper Ferguson, Colin Raby, John Sweat
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
To Commend, Congratulate, and Show Appreciation on behalf of LSU’s Student Body toward Jacob Brumfield for his immense dedication and service toward LSU and its students
F22rs Sgb No. 8 (Illegal Recruiting), Cooper Ferguson
F22rs Sgb No. 8 (Illegal Recruiting), Cooper Ferguson
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
A Bill to Amend Title VI Chapter 4 Section 306 of the Student Government Code of the Student Government of Louisiana State University
F22rs Sgb No. 16 (Lead Author's Rights), Colin Raby, Cooper Ferguson, Landon Zeringue
F22rs Sgb No. 16 (Lead Author's Rights), Colin Raby, Cooper Ferguson, Landon Zeringue
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
To Amend Title 2, Chapter 7, Section 606: Consideration of Legislation to change Presentation Rights of Lead Authors
F22rs Sgcr 53 (Sg Fee Referendum), Cooper Ferguson, Jack Griswold
F22rs Sgcr 53 (Sg Fee Referendum), Cooper Ferguson, Jack Griswold
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
TO PLACE A REFERENDUM BEFORE THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT BODY IN THE FALL 2022 ELECTION TO AMEND THE SELF-ASSESSED STUDENT GOVERNMENT FEE TO $3.50 PER FULL TIME STUDENT
F22rs Sgcr No. 55 (Student Media Fee), Adam Dohrenwend, Cooper Ferguson, Jack Griswold, Mavi Pace, Angel Puder
F22rs Sgcr No. 55 (Student Media Fee), Adam Dohrenwend, Cooper Ferguson, Jack Griswold, Mavi Pace, Angel Puder
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
TO PLACE A REFERENDUM BEFORE THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT BODY IN THE FALL 2022 ELECTION TO INCREASE THE SELF-ASSESSED STUDENT MEDIA FEE BY $2.75 TO BE DISTRIBUTED ALL STUDENT MEDIA ENTITIES
Determinants Of Police Department Change: An Institutional Theory Approach, Colby Dolly
Determinants Of Police Department Change: An Institutional Theory Approach, Colby Dolly
Dissertations
This research examines the change in police practices after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. Immediately after his death and throughout the following years, police departments in St. Louis County faced immense pressure to change. The pressure originated from numerous fronts, including the media, local community groups, and politicians. This research evaluates the change in policing using institutional theory with data from surveys and interviews of police chiefs. The findings indicate changes in policies after 2014. The most significant change occurred in departments strongly influenced by the mimetic dimension of institutional theory. The research adds to …
Student Weekly Mailer: February 14, 2022, Fontbonne University
Student Weekly Mailer: February 14, 2022, Fontbonne University
Student Mailer, 2020-present
No abstract provided.
Reinforcing The Web Of Municipal Courts: Evidence And Implications Post-Ferguson, Beth Huebner, Andrea Giuffre
Reinforcing The Web Of Municipal Courts: Evidence And Implications Post-Ferguson, Beth Huebner, Andrea Giuffre
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Works
Investigations in Ferguson, Missouri, revealed that many individuals, particularly Black people, entered the criminal justice system for relatively minor offenses, missed court appearances, or failure to pay fines. Municipal courts were focused on revenue generation, which led to aggressive enforcement of municipal codes. Although subsequent reforms were passed, little is known about whether and how the legislative changes influenced the law-in-action in the municipal courts. Using data from qualitative interviews with St. Louis area residents and regional court actors, as well as court observations, this article documents the legal structure of municipal courts in the region after Ferguson. We address …
Perspectives Of African American Police Officers Post-Ferguson, Remy Epps
Perspectives Of African American Police Officers Post-Ferguson, Remy Epps
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
As attention to racially charged events and subsequent social activism rhetoric increases, researchers and professionals express a growing interest in understanding the influence of such events on police officers' psyche. Researchers have demonstrated that since the 2014 death of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri, widespread media attention of police violence has negatively impacted police officer behavior, attitudes, and self-legitimacy levels. Yet, underrepresented within these empirical studies are the perspectives and experiences of African American police officers. This qualitative phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of five African American male police officers employed in North Carolina during the post-Ferguson era through …
The Church And Michael Brown: The Influence Of Christianity On Racialized Political Attitudes In Ferguson, Missouri, Tyler Chance
The Church And Michael Brown: The Influence Of Christianity On Racialized Political Attitudes In Ferguson, Missouri, Tyler Chance
Dissertations
This study examines whether the Christian faith played a pacifying or inspiring role in racialized politics following the death of Michael Brown and subsequent uprisings in Ferguson, Missouri. To evaluate the role of religion in responding to racialized crisis, the author examines both the attitudes of individual citizens and the actions of faith leaders. Using data gathered from two exit-polls conducted by the author in Ferguson and the surrounding area during the period between the death of Michael Brown and the decision not to indict the officer who killed him and then again after the grand jury decision, the author …
The Constitutional Tort System, Noah Smith-Drelich
The Constitutional Tort System, Noah Smith-Drelich
Indiana Law Journal
Constitutional torts—private lawsuits for constitutional wrongdoing—are the primary means by which violations of the U.S. Constitution are vindicated and deterred. Through damage awards, and occasionally injunctive relief, victims of constitutional violations discourage future misconduct while obtaining redress. However, the collection of laws that governs these actions is a complete muddle, lacking any sort of coherent structure or unifying theory. The result is too much and too little constitutional litigation, generating calls for reform from across the political spectrum along with reverberations that reach from Standing Rock to Flint to Ferguson.
This Article constructs a framework of the constitutional tort system, …
Five Years Of The Ferguson Effect: An Officer Perspective, Darrin Neil Wilcox
Five Years Of The Ferguson Effect: An Officer Perspective, Darrin Neil Wilcox
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
De-policing or pulling back from proactive policing existed before the shooting death of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. Shortly after this incident, de-policing was blamed for alleged increasing national crime rates and this connection came to be called the “Ferguson Effect.” Since then, most Ferguson Effect research has focused mainly on this connection, with little research into officer perceptions. This nonexperimental quantitative study examined officer perceptions of the Ferguson Effect 5 years after the incident and compared it with their views of government oversight of local law enforcement, legal liability, and officer …
Role Of Municipal Governance In Stabilizing Mature Inner Suburbs: A Study Of Five St. Louis Municipalities 1970-2015, Napoleon Williams Iii
Role Of Municipal Governance In Stabilizing Mature Inner Suburbs: A Study Of Five St. Louis Municipalities 1970-2015, Napoleon Williams Iii
Dissertations
This study explores the role of municipal governance in municipal-level stabilization of inner suburbs in St. Louis County, Missouri. The data, from 1970 to 2015, include a robust collection of official government archives collected from five municipalities in St. Louis County, historical documents, city-state-national statistical data, and related materials. Interviews of 25 stakeholders were conducted and data were analyzed based on the community power structure framework.
I outline five mature St. Louis inner suburbs’ evolution in municipal-level conditions from 1970 to 2015, and I detail the role each suburbs’ municipal governance played in the evolution of municipal-level conditions. I conclude, …
The System Is Working The Way It Is Supposed To: The Limits Of Criminal Justice Reform, Paul Butler
The System Is Working The Way It Is Supposed To: The Limits Of Criminal Justice Reform, Paul Butler
Freedom Center Journal
Ferguson has come to symbolize a widespread sense that there is a crisis in American criminal justice. This Article describes various articulations of what the problems are and poses the question of whether law is capable of fixing these problems. I consider the question theoretically by looking at claims that critical race theorists have made about law and race. Using Supreme Court cases as examples, I demonstrate how some of the “problems” described in the U.S. Justice Department’s Ferguson report, like police violence and widespread arrests of African-Americans for petty offenses, are not only legal, but integral features of policing …
Ferguson To Geneva: Bringing An American Movement For Racial Justice To The World, Joel Pruce
Ferguson To Geneva: Bringing An American Movement For Racial Justice To The World, Joel Pruce
Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights
In December 2014, nearly four months after the shooting of Michael Brown, a delegation that included Brown's parents testified in front of the Committee against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland. While protest continued on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri (USA), this team delivered a report to the Committee that articulated the human rights claims of protestors to the international community. But, why? What did the delegation hope to accomplish that could not be satisfied through domestic channels, especially in a liberal democracy? Drawing on interviews with delegates and primary source research, I will examine rationales that may explain the political strategy …
When Protest Is The Disaster: Constitutional Implications Of State And Local Emergency Power, Karen Pita Loor
When Protest Is The Disaster: Constitutional Implications Of State And Local Emergency Power, Karen Pita Loor
Faculty Scholarship
The President’s use of emergency authority has recently ignited concern among civil rights groups over national executive emergency power. However, state and local emergency authority can also be dangerous and deserves similar attention. This article demonstrates that, just as we watch over the national executive, we must be wary of and check on state and local executives — and their emergency management law enforcement actors — when they react in crisis mode. This paper exposes and critiques state executives’ use of emergency power and emergency management mechanisms to suppress grassroots political activity and suggests avenues to counter that abuse. I …
Rethinking Assembly Ordinances: Three Considerations Cities Should Make To Avoid Another Ferguson Or Baltimore-Type Riot, Christopher W. Bloomer
Rethinking Assembly Ordinances: Three Considerations Cities Should Make To Avoid Another Ferguson Or Baltimore-Type Riot, Christopher W. Bloomer
Ohio Northern University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Dual Regulation Of Insurance, Christopher French
Dual Regulation Of Insurance, Christopher French
Journal Articles
Since this country was created, the insurance industry has been principally regulated by the states with infrequent Congressional interventions. As the insurance industry has evolved in recent decades, however, individual states have become unable to adequately regulate some insurers, such as multinational insurers and foreign insurers, because they lack jurisdiction over such entities. Simply having the federal government assume responsibility for regulating insurers will not solve the current regulatory problems, however, because Congress’ past forays into regulating certain areas of insurance generally have yielded poor results. Consequently, this Article makes the novel proposal and argument that, with the creation of …
Getting Serious With Comedy : Power, Stand-Up Comedy, And American Public Life, Andrew Michael Cutrone
Getting Serious With Comedy : Power, Stand-Up Comedy, And American Public Life, Andrew Michael Cutrone
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This master’s thesis theorizes the political and cultural significance of stand-up comedy as an institution in the contemporary US public sphere, against the dominant perception that it is an enterprise severed from social consequence. Via a critical application of Ferguson’s theorization of power in The Reorder of Things (2012), in addition to a reading of stand-up comedy routines and related public discourse that utilizes feminist and queer of color theory, I show how subjective terrains of race, gender, and sexuality produce the discursive and political materials which organize stand-up discourse and performance in moments of “racial comedy,” “gender comedy,” and …
Beyond Integration: Forward Through Ferguson/Backward Through Brown, Anders Walker
Beyond Integration: Forward Through Ferguson/Backward Through Brown, Anders Walker
Saint Louis University Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Changes In The Policing Of Civil Disorders Since The Kerner Report: The Police Response To Ferguson, August 2014, And Some Implications For The Twenty-First Century, Patrick F. Gillham, Gary T. Marx
Changes In The Policing Of Civil Disorders Since The Kerner Report: The Police Response To Ferguson, August 2014, And Some Implications For The Twenty-First Century, Patrick F. Gillham, Gary T. Marx
Sociology
The Kerner Commission identified factors contributing to police ineffectiveness during the 1960s civil disorders. Since release of the Kerner report, the frequency and intensity of civil disorders has declined and the policing of disorders has changed. Using the report recommendations as a framework, we analyze changes in police disorder management during the 2014 events in Ferguson as these involve operational planning and equipment. Data for the Ferguson case are constructed from media reports, police and activist accounts, after action reports, and field observations. We link changes seen in Ferguson to larger institutional changes in law enforcement over the last fifty …
Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing From Consumer Law To Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses, Neil L. Sobol
Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing From Consumer Law To Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses, Neil L. Sobol
Neil L Sobol
Although media and academic sources often describe mass incarceration as the primary challenge facing the American criminal justice system, the imposition of criminal justice debt may be a more pervasive problem. On March 14, 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) requested that state chief justices forward a letter to all judges in their jurisdictions describing the constitutional violations associated with the illegal assessment and enforcement of fines and fees. The DOJ’s concerns include the incarceration of indigent individuals without determining whether the failure to pay is willful and the use of bail practices that result in impoverished defendants remaining in …
Lessons Learned From Ferguson: Ending Abusive Collection Of Criminal Justice Debt, Neil L. Sobol
Lessons Learned From Ferguson: Ending Abusive Collection Of Criminal Justice Debt, Neil L. Sobol
Neil L Sobol
On March 4, 2015, the Department of Justice released its scathing report of the Ferguson Police Department calling for “an entire reorientation of law enforcement in Ferguson” and demanding that Ferguson “replace revenue-driven policing with a system grounded in the principles of community policing and police legitimacy, in which people are equally protected and treated with compassion, regardless of race.” Unfortunately, abusive collection of criminal justice debt is not limited to Ferguson. This Article, prepared for a discussion group at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference in July 2015, identifies the key findings in the Department of Justice’s report …
From Unrest To Occupation, Cameron J. Ouellette
From Unrest To Occupation, Cameron J. Ouellette
Honors College
The repeated occurrences of protest violence during or following Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations has been an issue for the United States since the mass demonstrations of Ferguson, MO in August of 2014. Since then, the United States has experienced a trend of organized demonstrations which follow officer-involved shootings of primarily African American civilians. How and why communities around the nation react to police violence can vary, as do the explanations for the responses of community members, demonstrators, and police officers. The protests of Ferguson, MO (2014) and of North Minneapolis, MN (2015) were similarly prompted by police shootings but …
Separate But (Un)Equal: Why Institutionalized Anti-Racism Is The Answer To The Never-Ending Cycle Of Plessy V. Ferguson, Maureen Johnson
Separate But (Un)Equal: Why Institutionalized Anti-Racism Is The Answer To The Never-Ending Cycle Of Plessy V. Ferguson, Maureen Johnson
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Dose Of Color, A Dose Of Reality: Contextualizing Intentional Tort Actions With Black Documentaries, Regina Austin
A Dose Of Color, A Dose Of Reality: Contextualizing Intentional Tort Actions With Black Documentaries, Regina Austin
All Faculty Scholarship
This article describes the way documentary films can provide important cultural context in the assessment of tort claims. This kind of contextual analysis exposes the social conditions that drive legal disputes. For example, in the case of Klayman v. Obama, Larry Klayman claimed that Black Lives Matter, among other defendants, was liable for various intentional torts (including intentional infliction of emotional distress) by fomenting hostility toward the police in black communities. The court dismissed the case but declined to hold Klayman liable for sanctions. One documentary film, I Am Not Your Negro, locates Klayman’s claims in a historical …
The Value In Emphasizing Critical Thinking, Leah Bigl