Exploring The Concept Of ‘Bluelining” In Police Response

January 26, 2021
Damage inside the U.S. Capitol after rioters stormed the building on January 6, 2021.Damage inside the U.S. Capitol after rioters stormed the building on January 6, 2021.Caitlyn Kim / CPR News
Damage inside the U.S. Capitol after rioters stormed the building on January 6, 2021.

Aya Gruber is a professor of criminal law and procedure at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. She recently wrote a paper for the Houston Law Review on the concept of bluelining and the perception that a crowd of white people may be less of a threat than a crowd of people of color.