"Power to the People: Documenting Police Violence in Cleveland" (Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies)

[T]his article describes the joint effort of community organizers and professional archivists who collaborated to establish a community archive for victims of police violence in Cleveland, Ohio. The archive, A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland, provides a sustainable, autonomous means for Cleveland residents to share their first-hand accounts of police violence in the region. The authors will narrate the archive’s conception and development as well as advance the archive as a post-custodial model for other grassroots organizations protesting various forms of state violence.

Read the full article by Stacie M. Williams and Jarrett M. Drake here.
Kalvin says:
Community Archives and Public Records

An important discussion about preserving community experiences and making records accessible. In a different context, police clearance online registration also shows how digital systems can make official documentation more accessible and organized.