TY - BOOK ID - 101181203 TI - Contested legitimacy in Ferguson : nine hours on Canfield Drive PY - 2022 SN - 1009075098 1009074865 1009084577 1009084372 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Riots KW - Police KW - Cops KW - Gendarmes KW - Law enforcement officers KW - Officers, Law enforcement KW - Officers, Police KW - Police forces KW - Police officers KW - Police service KW - Policemen KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Criminal justice personnel KW - Peace officers KW - Public safety KW - Security systems KW - Civil disorders KW - Assembly, Right of KW - History KW - Offenses against public safety KW - Political violence KW - Crowds KW - Demonstrations KW - Mobs KW - Street fighting (Military science) KW - Legal status, laws, etc. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101181203 AB - At noon on August 9, 2014 when Michael Brown was killed on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, there was little protest. But by 9 pm, dozens were nonviolently defying police armed with military style weapons, armored vehicles, helicopters, and snarling dogs. The structural situation alone cannot account for the emergence of insurgency in Ferguson. To explain mobilization, I advance a theory of Contested Legitimacy. The stakes of each action by insurgents, authorities, and third parties for mobilization concern regulatory repression. Actions that undercut the validity of repression encourage mobilization. Video, photo, and textual data make it possible to unpack the complex interactive process of mobilization. Given longstanding grievances concerning racist policing in Ferguson, reclaiming the site where Michael Brown was killed on Canfield Drive as a memorial provided means to challenge unjust police authority. When police responded as accustomed- disproportionately, callous, and indiscriminate - their actions galvanized local Black support for activists. ER -