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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848; Gringo Injustice; Gringos and Greasers; Police Killings of Latinos; The Structure of the Book; Notes; References; Public Document; Cases Cited; PART I: State-Sanctioned Violence; 1. A History of Anti-Latino State-Sanctioned Violence: Executions, Lynchings, and Hate Crimes; Introduction; Latino Lynching: A Brief History; Contemporary Backlash Against Immigrants in the Public Sphere

Hate Crimes and State Violence against LatinosLynching by Another Name; Conclusion; Notes; References; Cases Cited; 2. Officer-Involved Shootings of Latinos: Moving Beyond the Black/White Binary; The Existing Data; Early Patterns from New Data; Conclusion; Policy Suggestions; Notes; References; 3. Interest-Convergence Theory and Police Use of Deadly Force on Latinos: A Case Study of Three Shootings; Methods; Interest-Convergence Theory: An Overview; "Los Tres Disparos": Three Police Shootings; The Move Forward Project: A Pilot Program in Community-Police Engagement; Holistic Policing

ConclusionNotes; References; Cases Cited; 4. Killing Ismael Mena: "The SWAT Teams Feared for Their Lives..."; Introduction; SWAT Anatomy of a Murder; The Informant and the Police Cover-Up; Public Outrage over "No-Knock" Search Warrants; The Justice for Mena Committee ("JMC"); "Settled but Not Solved": Aftermath of the Shooting; Postscript: Police Policing Themselves; Notes; References; PART II: The Youth Control Complex; 5. The Street Terrorism and Enforcement Act: A New Chapter on the War on Gangs; The War on Gangs in the 1940s: Sleepy Lagoon and the Zoot-Suit Riots

Penal Code 186.22: Legislative History, Overview, and ImplicationsAttempted Murder Charges Against the 4th Street Boys; Reflections; Notes; References; Cases Cited; Statutes Cited; 6. Latino Street Gangs, La EME, and the Short Corridor Collective; Introduction; Gang "Banging" History; The Zoot-Suit Charade; La Eme Infusion; Neighborly Protection; The "Buzz" Experience; Sureños; The "Corridor-4" Conundrum; The Twenty-first-Century Morphing of Street Gangs; Kings of the Asphalt Jungle; The Anti-Discrimination Principle and the Short Corridor Collective; Notes; References; Cases Cited

7. "Captives while Free": Surveillance of Chicana/o Youth in a San Diego BarrioPachucas, Pachucos, and el Zoot-Suit; The Panopticon in the Barrio; Panopticism and Its Effects; I Am Still Here, I Am Still Alive": Jewelz's Story; "The Homegirl Lets Me Push the Stroller": Rana's Story; "I Am Being Watched": Pelón's Story; Barrio Pico and the Panoptic Effect; Conclusion; Notes; References; 8. Hyper-Criminalization: Gang-Affiliated Chicana Teen Mothers Navigating Third Spaces; Introduction; Chicana Feminism: (Third Space) Where the Public and Private Meet; "A Homegirl's Nightmare": Estefania

"You're Not Gonna Make It": Monica

The recent mass shooting of 22 innocent people in El Paso by a lone White gunman looking to "Kill Mexicans" is not new. It is part of a long, bloody history of anti-Latina/o violence in the United States. Gringo Injustice brings this history to life, shedding critical light on the complex relationship between Latinas/os and the United States' legal and judicial system. Contributors with first-hand knowledge and experience, including former law enforcement officers, ex-gang members, attorneys, and community activists, share insider perspectives on the issues facing Latinas/os and initiate a critical dialogue on this neglected topic. Essays examine the unauthorized use of deadly force by police and patterned incidents of lynching, hate crimes, gang violence, and racial profiling. The book also highlights the hyper-criminalization of barrio youth and considers wide-ranging implications from the disproportionate imprisonment of Latinas/os. Gringo Injustice provides a comprehensive and powerful look into the Latina/o community's fraught history with law enforcement and the American judicial system. It is an essential reference for students and scholars interested in intersections between crime and communities of Color,and for use in Sociology, Latino Studies, Ethnic Studies, Chicano Studies, Criminology, and Criminal Justice.

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