‘Filming Is Our Only Weapon Against the Police’:: Ethnic Minorities and Police Encounters in the New Visibility Era

Thomas Friis Søgaard; Torsten Kolind; Mie Birk Haller; Tobias Kammersgaard; Geoffrey Hunt

doi:10.1093/bjc/azac056

‘Filming Is Our Only Weapon Against the Police’: Ethnic Minorities and Police Encounters in the New Visibility Era

Thomas Friis Søgaard, Torsten Kolind, Mie Birk Haller, Tobias Kammersgaard, Geoffrey Hunt

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Based on Goldsmith’s (2010) assertion that police work has acquired a ‘new visibility’ with the ubiquity of cell phone cameras, recent studies have explored how ‘video activists’ often film the police as means of protecting marginalised ethno-racial communities. However, limited research exists on how non-activist ethno-racial minority young people use cell phone cameras in encounters with the police. Based on 37 interviews conducted in Denmark, this paper explores the multifaceted nature of marginalised ethnic minority young people’s use of cell phone cameras in police encounters. We demonstrate how the filming of officers is interwoven with the young people’s street culture, and how the use of cameras holds the potential to counter traditional power imbalances, while nevertheless, potentially exacerbating their antagonism towards the police.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	The British Journal of Criminology
Vol/bind	63
Nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	553-569
Antal sider	17
ISSN	0007-0955
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac056
Status	Udgivet - maj 2023

Emneord

Cell phone cameras
Ethnicity
New visibility
Police
Resistance
Street Culture

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10.1093/bjc/azac056

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‘Filming Is Our Only Weapon Against the Police’: Ethnic Minorities and Police Encounters in the New Visibility Era. / Søgaard, Thomas Friis ; Kolind, Torsten; Haller, Mie Birk et al.
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