Responses to the 2014 Police Shooting of Michael Brown: Cosmology Episodes and Enacted Environments

Authors

Jessica Haas, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Kari A. O’Grady
Jesse Fox
Hope Schuermann
Marion E. Toscano
Chun-Shin Taylor

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-30-2022

Abstract

This is a consensual multi-dyadic exploration of the diverse perspectives of seven community subgroups’ perceptions of events before, during, and after the 2014 police-involved shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri. Recognizing an enacted environment in the complex history that preceded the uprising, findings were contextualized and framed through the cosmology episode trauma model. A multicultural and visibly diverse research team conducted 34 interviews with involved citizens (protesters), law enforcement, clergy, politicians, business owners, media personnel, and educators. A culturally diverse cross-analysis team triangulated social perspective through consensus coding and audit. Consensual multi-dyadic method preserved the unique characteristics of each subgroup’s phenomenology, to ensure culturally sensitive and decolonized research methods, enabling an in depth look at the factors necessary for conciliation. Insight into motivational factors, narrative meaning-making, and implications for intervention and treatment are discussed. View Full-Text

Comments

© 2022 by the authors

Recommended Citation

Haas, J.; O’Grady, K.A.; Fox, J.; Schuermann, H.; Toscano, M.E.; Taylor, C.-S. Responses to the 2014 Police Shooting of Michael Brown: Cosmology Episodes and Enacted Environments. Religions 2022, 13, 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020133

Publication Title

Religions

DOI

10.3390/rel13020133

ORCID

0000-0002-5019-9279