“Fuck Your Breath": Black Men and Youth, State Violence, and Human Rights in the 21st Century
Publication Title
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy
Abstract
This essay uses personal anecdotes to confront police brutality against Black people living in the United States, assesses both human rights implications and global response mechanisms to anti-Black violence, and proposes solutions to address this pervasive problem. Dr. Levitt calls upon Black people to become stakeholders in the fight for freedom by reconstructing a number of unfortunate dualities in the United States system that put the rights of whites above those of others. In conclusion, Levitt calls for change and a halt to “systematic maltreatment of African-Americans by police agencies.”
Recommended Citation
Dr. Jeremy I. Levitt, “Fuck Your Breath”: Black Men and Youth, State Violence, and Human Rights in the 21st Century, 49 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 087 (2015, corrected 2016), http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol49/iss1/9
Previous Versions
As originally published in 49 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 87 (2015)
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