Trigger Points: Guns, Policing & the Global Reach of Violence
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Sunday, November 17
BookTV on C-Span2 Tent
This important discussion will delve into the intertwined narratives of gun violence and policing, exploring how American firearms fuel cycles of trauma and law enforcement practices on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Ieva Jusionyte’s Exit Wounds examines the impact of lax U.S. gun laws on violence in Mexico and the lives entangled in this crisis, while Michael Sierra-Arévalo’s The Danger Imperative highlights systemic inequalities and the inherent violence within police culture. Both authors shed light on a society grappling with the consequences of its choices regarding guns and policing, urging a reevaluation of systems that perpetuate violence and inequality.
- Books: The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing, Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border
- Book Type: Non Fiction
- Authors: Michael Sierra-Arévalo, Ieva Jusionyte
- Moderator: Dale Cannedy
- Book Signing: 2:15 PM at Main Signing Tent