July 2012
Anaheim police shot to death an unarmed man this past weekend and angry residents have faced off with authorities in fiery clashes since the shooting. Carroll Seron, Professor in Criminology, Law and Society, said relations between police and minority communities are often tense and an incident such as a shooting can trigger a loud reaction."In lots of instances, people kind of reach a threshold where they feel their communities are a little bit under siege," she said.