Inequality Inquiry
Articles
“How Are We Supposed to Move Forward with THIS Police Force After This?”: The Stalled Reform Movement in Minneapolis
March 26, 2021
Gabrielle Maginn* On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. The horrifying incident, in which Floyd calls out for...
Where There’s Not a Will, There’s a Way: What We Can Learn From Same-Sex Adult Adoption
March 24, 2021
Sharon Maher [1] Like many same-sex couples hearing about the landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges , [2] Bill Novak and Norman MacArthur were excited...
The $2 Billion-Plus Price of Injustice: A Methodological Map for Police Reform in the George Floyd Era
March 22, 2021
View/Download PDF Version David Schultz † Introduction The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer forced...
Refunding the Community: What Defunding MPD Means and Why It Is Urgent and Realistic
March 18, 2021
View/Download PDF Version JLI Vol. 39 Editorial Board [1] “(The police) are a very real menace to every black cat alive in this country. And...
Does Minnesota’s Third-Party Visitation Rights Statute Apply to Unmarried, Same-Sex Couples?
March 16, 2021
Maci Burke* Third-party visitation rights are statutory provisions that recognize nonparents have “an interest in maintaining a relationship with a child with whom they have...
Deadly Force: How George Floyd's Killing Exposes Racial Inequities in Minnesota's Felony-Murder Doctrine Among the Disenfranchised, the Powerful, and the Police
March 8, 2021
View/Download PDF Version Greg Egan [1] I. Equity in Peril: How Felony-Murder Charging Discretion and Widely Varying Punishments are Deployed Against White Defendants, Defendants of...