“Seeking Justice for Cynthia Scott: Writing the History of Police Violence in Detroit” (Sept. 29, 2020), a panel discussion sponsored by the Detroit Writing Room and featuring three members of DCC’s Policing and Social Justice HistoryLab.
The panel was based on the DCC’s July 2020 investigative report What Happened to Cynthia Scott? A Brutal Murder, Blatant Coverup, and Cries for Justice. Tickets benefited the Ruth Ellis Center, a social justice organization in Detroit.
Panelists included University of Michigan Professor of History Matt Lassiter, the director of the Policing and Social Justice HistoryLab; U-M graduate student Nicole Navarro, the lead investigator for the DCC project to excavate the hidden history of police killings in Detroit; Hannah Thoms, undergraduate contributor to the Detroit Under Fire website; and U-M Professor of History and AfroAmerican Studies Angela Dillard (moderator). The Detroit Writing Room event aimed to raise awareness about the Cynthia Scott case and share how the researchers have pieced together the facts of her story decades later. The event was recorded and is available to view here.
