Historian Matthew D. Lassiter on his multimedia exhibit "Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence, Crime Politics, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era" and article "Police and the License to Kill" for Boston Review.
https://policing.umhistorylabs.lsa.umich.edu/s/detroitunderfire/page/home
https://bostonreview.net/race/matthew-d-lassiter-police-and-license-kill