David Cunningham, January 6th and Asymmetrical Policing (JP, EF)
Recall This Book first heard from the sociologist of American racism\xa0David Cunningham\xa0in\xa0Episode 36 Policing and White Power. Less than a week after the horrors of January 6th, 2021, he came back for this conversation about \u201casymmetrical policing\u201d of the political right and left\u2013and of White and Black Americans. His very first book (There\u2019s Something Happening Here,\xa02004) studied the contrast between the FBI\u2019s work in the 1960\u2019s to wipe out left-wing and Black protests and its efforts to control and tame right-wing and white supremacist movements. That gives him a valuable perspective on the run-up to January 6th\u2013and what may happen next.\nMentioned in the Episode\n\nDavid Cunningham collaborated on\xa0this article\xa0about the \u201ccommon pattern of underestimating the threat from right-wing extremists.\u201d\n\nUlster Defence Association\n\nKathleen Belew,\xa0Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America\n\n\nUlster Defence Association\n\nTimothy McVeigh and the\xa0Oklahoma City Bombing:\xa0FBI perspective\xa0and\xa0reported book\n\n\nTwo of the \u201cafter-action\u201d reports on Charlottesville that David discusses are:\n\n\u201cIndependent Review of the 2017 Protest Events in Charlottesville, Virginia\u201d (Hunton and Williams 2017)\n\n\u201cVirginia\u2019s Response to the Unite the Right Rally: After-Action Review\u201d (International Association of Chiefs of Police, December 2017)\n\nLessons Charlottesville (should have) taught us: \u201cProhibiting Private Armies at Public Rallies\u201d (Georgetown Law School, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and protection, September 2020).\n\n\nListen and\xa0Read\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law