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Boston University School of Law

2015

Law and Race

Law librarians

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Michael Brown, Eric Garner, And Law Librarianship, Ronald E. Wheeler Jul 2015

Michael Brown, Eric Garner, And Law Librarianship, Ronald E. Wheeler

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Professor Wheeler discusses the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. He posits that racialized fear is part of what fuels such violence and discusses examples of how racialized fear have impacted his personal life. Wheeler then discusses how and why law librarians can and should be prepared to discuss such events with their law library patrons.