{"product_id":"the-minneapolis-reckoning-race-violence-and-the-politics-of-policing-in-america-paperback","title":"The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle S. Phelps\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent account of why it's so difficult to reform the police\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe eruption of Black Lives Matter protests against police violence in 2014 spurred a wave of police reform. One of the places to embrace this reform was Minneapolis, Minnesota, a city long known for its liberal politics. Yet in May 2020, four of its officers murdered George Floyd. Fiery protests followed, making the city a national emblem for the failures of police reform. In response, members of the Minneapolis City Council pledged to \"end\" the Minneapolis Police Department. In \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Phelps describes how Minneapolis arrived at the brink of police abolition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhelps explains that the council's pledge did not come out of a single moment of rage, but decades of organizing efforts. Yet the politics of transforming policing were more complex than they first appeared. Despite public outrage over police brutality, the council's initiatives faced stiff opposition, including by Black community leaders who called for more police protection against crime as well as police reform. In 2021, voters ultimately rejected the ballot measure to end the department. Yet change continued on the ground, as state and federal investigations pushed police reform and city leaders and residents began to develop alternative models of safety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Reckoning \u003c\/i\u003eshows how the dualized meaning of the police--as both the promise of state protection and the threat of state violence--creates the complex politics of policing that thwart change. Phelps's account of the city's struggles over what constitutes real accountability, justice, and safety offers a vivid picture of the possibilities and limits of challenging police power today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle S. Phelps\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Pendulum: The Long Struggle Over Criminal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e. Her research has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eFiveThirtyEight, The Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e, and other media outlets, and has informed criminal justice reform efforts by the Human Rights Watch and Pew Charitable Trusts Public Safety Performance Project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53403794899251,"sku":"9780691245997","price":42.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gmFTFr-vIV9780691245997.webp?v=1779919673","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-minneapolis-reckoning-race-violence-and-the-politics-of-policing-in-america-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}