George Floyd’s death, the outrage and protest against it, and renewed movement for police and prison abolition has resonated in different corners of the world, including the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In Sathankulam, protests erupted after a father-son duo Jayaraj and Bennix were allegedly brut..
Jinee Lokaneeta
Jinee Lokaneeta is Professor in Political Science and International Relations at Drew University, New Jersey. Her most recent book is The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India (University of Michigan Press & Orient Blackswan, 2020). She previously published Transnational Torture: Law, Violence, and State Power in the United States and India (New York University Press, 2011, Orient Blackswan 2012). Follow her @LokaneetaJinee