Spartan Daily article from November 9, 1992 detailing the formation of a civilian review board to address San José police brutality. Some research questions that came to mind after reading this article include: what happened to this review board, and did it actually get formed? What did the SJPD do as a result of post-Riots era calls for the reforming of their department? Why are some of the same problems addressed in this article still occuring today, and what can be done to prevent injustices by police forces today?
The students of SJSU have a long and storied history of protesting injustice, and our digital archives are a great resource to study this history. Some web-based resources that are available to you include: the Special Collections Digital Collections; the Spartan Daily Archives; and the Online Archive of California. These sites include photographs of protests, police response to community pressures to address their attacks on civilians, and newspaper articles like the one above. If you need research assistance, librarians are available to help you via our online chat services or by emailing Special Collections at special.collections@sjsu.edu.
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