“Black Resistance in the STRESS Era: Commemorating the Lives of Ricardo Buck and Craig Mitchell” (Sept. 18, 2021). “Black Resistance in the STRESS Era”–a panel discussion of Detroit community activists–featuring Benjamin Holloway, Gino Fortune, Gregory Hicks, and Dan Aldridge–to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the killings of Black teenagers Ricardo Buck and Craig Mitchell by the STRESS unit of the Detroit Police Department. The panelists discuss Ricardo and Craig’s lives, their deaths in the broader context of police violence, and the movement that brought down the notorious STRESS unit. Moderated by Lloyd Simpson, hosted by the General Baker Institute, and co-sponsored by the Policing and Social Justice HistoryLab/U-M Carceral State Project.
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