This is an advanced seminar on race, policing, and the criminal justice system. It explores the phenomenon of police violence directed at racially marginalized communities in the US; considers historical and ongoing opposition to racialized policing; and examines police violence as an instrument of state power. It considers community efforts to interrupt police violence and legal strategies to reduce harms caused by racialized policing. In addition to race, students examine how gender, sexual orientation, and class impact policing practices. The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive grounds the course work on the history of racialized policing and provides a foundation upon which to examine current police operations, practices and policies.