RT Article
T1 Policing’s New Vulnerability Re-Envisioning Local Accountability in an Era of Global Outrage
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 3
SP 716
OP 733
A1 Goldsmith, Andrew John 1955-
A2 McLaughlin, Eugene 1959-
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800844824
AB In this paper, we argue that globally networked activism such as that triggered by the murder of George Floyd has dramatically amplified, and consequently rendered processes of police reform and accountability more vulnerable to exogenous influences. Recently witnessed activism in this sphere derives much of its significance from the ability to leverage the latest audio-visual technologies and social media platforms. The Black Lives Matter protests demonstrate how these technologies and platforms make flashpoint images of violent policing visible to diverse, global audiences in an extraordinary manner. Using the examples of Australia and the United Kingdom, we argue that these viral images have the capacity to ‘collapse contexts’ and radically disrupt policing in the places to which they migrate. The complicated impact of migrating flashpoint images of violent policing from ‘over there’ to ‘over here’ necessitates urgent analysis and debate.
K1 Black Lives Matter
K1 Context collapse
K1 Flashpoint images
K1 Police Accountability
K1 Racism
K1 Social Media
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab073