BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:243860@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260911T070001Z DTSTART:20260910T130000Z DTEND:20260910T000000Z SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn: Let Us Alone: The Origins of Baltimore's Police St ate DESCRIPTION:Program registration is recommended but not required.\\n \\nI n this lecture\\, Mike Casiano will draw from his recent book\\, Let Us A lone\\, to explore the racial origins of policing in Baltimore. The lectu re will detail two interconnected themes. First\\, it will examine how po licing evolved from an inefficient and vigilante-driven system into a mod ern and paramilitary endeavor focused on suppressing citizens and maximiz ing the power\\, wealth\\, and reach of capitalists. Second\\, it will an alyze how decades of racial antagonism shaped Baltimore policing into an apparatus primarily oriented around subduing Black freedom. Specifically\ \, the talk will focus on the racialized nature of public order policing\ \, the militarization of the Baltimore police\\, and violations of due pr ocess in the court system. \\n \\nMike Casiano is an associate professor in UMBC’s Department of American Studies and a core faculty member in UMBC’s Public Humanities minor. His book\\, Let Us Alone: The Origins o f Baltimore’s Police State\\, examines the relationship between policin g\\, municipal governance\\, and race in post-Civil War Baltimore. Mike†™s next project is a labor history of early twentieth century port cities in the Mid-Atlantic that examines the relationship between policing\\, u nionization\\, and race. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Oxford Bibliographies\\, the Journal of Southern History\\, and the Jour nal of Urban History \\n \\nASL interpretation will be available for atte ndees.\\n \\nPresented in partnership with The Maryland State Archives an d The Maryland Four Centuries Project.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canad a/united-states/baltimore/events/lunch-learn-let-us-alone-the-origins-of- baltimore-s-police-state-2026-09-10 LOCATION:calendar.prattlibrary.org URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/baltimore/events/lunch-learn-let-us-alone-the-origins-of-baltimore-s-police-state-2026-09-10 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR