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Today we launch a video produced in collaboration with The Intercept examining the use of a crowd-control tactic often referred to as “kettling,” in which law enforcement traps or encircles a group of people, preventing them from dispersing.
While police often argue that this tactic is focused on restoring order, in practice it often provokes panic and is frequently deployed in combination with indiscriminate punitive measures such as mass arrests or the use of tear gas against a trapped group of individuals. This video provides a primer of how police across the United States have used this tactic, with a particular focus on its implementation during racial justice protests that have proliferated across the country over the past 12 months.
The video focuses on a specific protest that took place on June 2, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department kettled protesters and subjected them to an array of so-called “less lethal” weapons including tear gas, flashbang grenades and pepper-balls, without allowing them to disperse.
A full year after the murder of George Floyd and the movement his death catalyzed across the United States, it is critical to continue to question practices of law enforcement and the culture of impunity that continues to define much of modern policing. The development and release of this work is one way that SITU seeks to prioritize and advance this ongoing conversation around racial justice.
The video is accompanied by an article written by investigative journalist Alice Speri, examining the practice of kettling, its history, contemporary case studies and lack of regulation: https://theintercept.com/2021/06/02/kettling-protests-charlotte-police/
04/23/2021
Last year, our Research division contributed to the development of Amnesty International's multimedia site, "Tear Gas: An Investigation". We're so excited to share that the site is now a finalist in this year's The Webby Awards, in the "Activism" category! Now that the jury has narrowed the selection, winners are determined by public vote, so we hope you'll help us by voting here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting #/2021/websites-and-mobile-sites/general-websites-and-mobile-sites/activism
If you're unfamiliar, Amnesty's website serves as an expansive, interactive primer on tear gas—breaking down what it is, how it gets abused and why that matters to the public. Our Research team helped in creating a video analysis of tear gas, employing our digital modeling techniques to demonstrate how tear gas can have devastating effects depending on the environment in which it's deployed. Watch the video on our website: https://situ.nyc/research/projects/tear-gas
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03/03/2021
Since the pandemic, the boundaries between work and life have grown increasingly intertwined—affecting where we work, where we spend time outside of work and our daily commute.
At SITU, we’ve been examining how this development will shape our neighborhoods, cities and regions and asking what companies, developers and the public sector can do to re-imagine the future of commercial districts. What new opportunities are emerging as a result of these new workflows, particularly in terms of promoting equity and economic opportunity?
Last week, Director of Business Development Amy Hindson moderated a global panel focused on embracing the role of the workplace in civic life. In an exciting talk with Aisha Glover of Audible, Kate Wittels of HR&A Advisors, Inc. and Clare Newman of Governors Island, we explored this question about the with a truly multidisciplinary panel of expertise, drawing on experiences in economic development, urban planning, public program design and more.
Miss the event? Watch the recording here: https://vimeo.com/518967249
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