We went to the Downtown Criminal Courthouse. We met with Robert and we sat with him through six trials. Five of the people on trial were people of color. He gave us paper and we recorder their names, race, gender, why they were on trial and if they were released or not. We were looking for patterns.
Race & Policing
Interview with Mawia Khogali
by Harrison
We went to the Vera Institute of Justice building where Mawia Khogali works as a research associate in Vera’s policing program. We interviewed her about how the Vera Institute works to make sure the justice system actually gives justice. We also asked her questions about what it’s like to be a Black woman in America.
Interview with Robert Gangi
by Harrison
We called him and asked him some questions about what he does. We asked him what PROP is, what they do, and how they work. We wanted to understand how they connect with our topic.
interview with Tracie Keesee
by Diego
we interviewed Tracie Keesee, the former Denver police chief, over the phone.
Visiting trip to the new York county criminal court
by Diego
we took a trip to the new york county criminal court with Robert Gangi to observe some cases held in the court.
Court Monitoring with Robert Gangi
by Emmanuel
We went to a courthouse called the County Criminal Court on 100 centre street NY, NY to meet with Robert Gangi to do some court monitorings. Robert Gangi told us that if someone with power supporting minorities observes a case, the judge is less likely to give a harsh punishment to the person being prosecuted. we monitored 6 court cases and 5 out of 6 of the prosecuted people were of colour.
Court Monitoring with Bob Gangi
by Andrei
Our group went to a court house called the County Criminal Court. There we met Bob Gangi do some court monitoring. We observed six different court cases, and 5 out of six of the prosecuted people were of color.
Interview with Mawia Khogali
by Andrei
Our group traveled to the Woolworth Building to interview Mawia Khogali who works at Vera as a research associate in Vera’s Policing Program.
Interview with Mawia Khogali
by Diego
our group traveled downtown to the Woolworth building to interview Mawia Khogali, a research associate in Vera’s Policing Program.
Meeting with Mawia Khogali
by Emmanuel
We went to the Vera building downtown to meet with Mawia Khogali for an interview. We also met Nicholas Turner, the president of VERA.
Interviewing Robert Gangi
by Diego
we interviewed Robert Gangi, the head of prop and asked him questions like how did his organization stat, and what his organizations their are.
Interviewing Robert Gangi
by Diego
we interviewed Robert Gangi, the head of prop and asked him questions like how did his organization stat, and what his organizations their are.
Interview with Mr. Gangi
by Andrei
We had a call Interview with Robert/Bob Gangi who is the current head of PROP and was one of the people who started the organization and we talked to him about his work so we could learn more about our topic.
Policing in NY
by Clair
Our group is studying how police treat people of color, different genders, and those with disabilities. Our groups goal is to study the different ways these groups are regarded by the police. There has been so much trouble recently in America regarding police officers using more force then what is necessary when faced with arresting…
