The UW School of Public Health calls attention to the problem of police violence as a social determinant of health. We examine the local evidence from plaintiffs injured by police in the Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020, and consider the range of weaponry and their health effects. Injuries include penetration wounds, brain injuries, reproductive health effects and compromised mental health. Speakers will also discuss available preventive measures.

Speakers:

• Angélica Chazaro, assistant professor of law at the UW School of Law (moderator)
• Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine and society at Lehigh University; author of a 2017 paper on police brutality and Black health
• Robert Chang, professor of law and executive director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law
• Juniper L. Simonis, Portland toxicologist who has reported on police weaponry
• Asha Hassan, associate research manager at Planned Parenthood North Central States and PhD student at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• Amy Hagopian, professor of health services and global health at the UW School of Public Health