Stasis Grid

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Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1.
Elliot
McLaughlin

Newspaper

Is there only
more coverage
of police
brutality, not
actual more
cases?

What is
classified as
police
brutality?

More coverage
of police
brutality leads
to officers
being afraid to
do their jobs.

Mass media
coverage of these
events are not
helping the
problem.

Less coverage
of basic cases.

Mass media
outlets are
responsible for
making the
problem bigger
than it is.

2.
Michael Wines

Newspaper

Is police
brutality a
problem?

When does
force become
excessive?

The current
system is fair and
must be trusted.

No action is
required.

3.
Shaun King

Blog

Police brutality
is rising.

Police are
getting
increasingly
more brutal.

Police are using

their power in
illegal ways and
must be held
accountable.

Body cameras
nationwide,
with universal
policies on
their usage

4.
Altman et al.

Article

Is race a factor
when addressing
police brutality?

Does a violent
city, such as
Baltimore,
need police
who are more
aggressive?

Sarah Cohen

Endless
rounds of
reforms have
produced
resultsbut
slowly.

We are
responsible for
making the
needed
changes.

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5.
Wes Kimbell

Scholarly
Article

6.
David Dante
Troutt

Scholarly
Article

7.
Cassandra
Chaney

Scholarly
Article

The criminal
justice system
has
systematically
determined its
decisions based
on race and
class.

Scholarly
Article

Racial Profiling
is a commonly
used tactic in
police
departments in
America.

Ray V.
Robertson

8.
April Walker

Random
checkpoints are
unconstitutional.

How much
authority is
too much?

The current
system for
checkpoints give
officers free reign
to terrorize
anyone.

Police
brutality has
to become one
of those issues
that the law
treats like
terrorism.
Police
brutality is
the use of
excessive
physical force
or verbal
assault and
psychological
intimidation

We must
reform our
policies when
involving
random
checkpoints.
We have to
want to end
the bloody
ritual of statesanctioned
violence.

Poor Blacks are

substantially
more likely to be
sentenced than
poor Whites.

Police Brutality
is often a result
of racial
profiling by
police.

Racial profiling
in an
unconstitutional
practice.

We have to
end the use of
racial
profiling
within police
departments
around the
country.

The people
must push
lawmakers to
make these
changes.

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9.
Andrea Dottolo

Scholarly
Article

Does police
brutality exist
among all races,
genders, etc?

Scholarly
Article

Police brutality
and racism are
two very
prevalent topics
in America.

Scholarly
Article

The use of
excessive force
is a problem that
police in
America cannot
escape.

12.
Daniel S.
Chard

Essay

Police terror
tactics put
minorities at a
disadvantage.

13.
David G.
Embrick

Scholarly
Article

Race continues
to affect the
lives of
countless brown
and black folks
in America
today.

Abigail Stewart

10.
Cassandra
Chaney
Ray V.
Robertson
11.
Paul E. Amar
Cathy Schneier

Police are often

more aggressive
when dealing
with African
Americans.
Police brutality
in America is
often a product
of racism.

When does
using
authority
become
excessive
force?

Police need to
follow a strict
code no matter
who they are
dealing with.

Racism and
profiling often
lead to police
brutality.

More pressure
needs to be put
on police
departments to
hold their staff
accountable.

Police are using

their authority in
unconstitutional
ways.

The police and

judicial system
does not favor
minorities or the
lower class.
Police brutality
can increase
these issues
faced by
African
Americans.

Police have been

steadily unfair to
minorities
throughout
Americas
history.

Reforms must
be made to
our judicial
systems.

Police must be
held
accountable
and lawmakers
must reform
policies.

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14.
Jamiles Lartey

Scholarly
Article

15.
John Wihbey

Scholarly
Article

Leighton
Walter Kille

American Police
kill more people
in a day than
other countries
do in a year.

What causes
American
police to be so
violent and
shoot-first
minded.
Despite lower
crime, cases of
police brutality
and police
killings are
steady.

Body Cameras
and law
reforms will
reduce the
amount of
police
shootings.
More police
training is the
key to
lowering
police killings.

Police need to
be held more
accountable for
their actions.