CLA Presents

State Sanctioned Violence and Constitutional Protections for Citizens and Immigrants


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On January 23, Leading scholars, journalists, and community voices joined together for a series of virtual panel discussions exploring how liberal arts expertise shapes our understanding of today’s most pressing civic issues—from the role of the media and constitutional rights to the lived impacts of state-sanctioned violence. In this first panel, Michelle Phelps (Dept of Sociology), Emmanuel Mauleon (Minnesota Law School), and Carrie Walling (College of Liberal Arts Human Rights Program) reflect on how we can understand the political response to state-sanctioned violence in light of Minneapolis' history of political struggles from 2020? What are the First and Fourth Amendment rights available to citizens and immigrants? How can people conduct constitutional observation? What are the barriers to achieving accountability through the criminal legal process considering the antagonism between the state and federal authorities?
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CLA PresentsBy The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota