Dr. Joel Powell and Rylan Fitzpatrick published an article in Festschrift in Honor of David R. Maines – Studies in Symbolic Interaction Volume 57
Dr. Joel Powell, Professor of Criminal Justice and Rylan Fitzpatrick, Criminal Justice student published an article titled, Police Narratives and Accounts for Viral Use of Force Videos in Festschrift in Honor of David R. Maines – Studies in Symbolic Interaction Volume 57. “Visual videos of police violence create demands for new police narratives about using force. Public reactions to videos lead spokespeople to provide justifications that support narrative structures of the necessity and inevitability of police violence. Ultimately, video is presented as lacking context and credibility when it is viewed unaccompanied by police explanations.”