VOL. 20
Beyond the Shooting: Eleanor Gray Bumpurs, Identity Erasure, and Family Activism against Police Violence
LaShawn Harris
DOI: Pending
Abstract
This article recovers the life of Bronx resident Eleanor Bumpurs from historical obscurity, moving beyond her tragic death and departing from disability and legal studies that primarily focus on her killing and New York Police Department officer Stephen Sullivan’s 1987 bench trial.
Keywords
Eleanor Bumpurs, family violence, New York City, police violence, Reagan Era