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The Fun Police: Law Enforcement Comes to Carnival


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A police officer with a riot shield at London’s Notting Hill Carnival in 1978.Credit.Staff/Mirrorpix, via Getty Images
The Fun Police: Law Enforcement Comes to Carnival
Events like J’Ouvert in New York and Carnival in London have seen violent incidents. But the way they are policed says a lot about what happens when Black people gather.
By Mychal Denzel Smith
J’Ouvert has its roots in denial.
In the late 1700s, French colonists in Trinidad began hosting masquerade balls that the enslaved Black Caribbean population was banned from attending. Undeterred, the enslaved peoples hosted their own festivals, often as a way of mocking their enslavers. Upon emancipation in 1838, Black Caribbean peoples participated in the Carnival celebration, bringing in their own customs and cultural traditions. ....

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