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Two men who teach criminal justice are speaking out about use of the word “looting” to describe the crime spree by groups breaking in o luxury retailers in California to steal merchandize – claiming the term is a racist. “Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something,” Lorenzo Boyd, a professor of criminal justice & community policing at the University of New Haven and a former police office, told ABC 7. “We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing,’ Boyd said....

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bay Area police departments have called what happened at various retail stores this weekend "looting." We saw similar crimes happen in the wake of the George Floyd protests, but are the past weekend's crimes truly considered looting? Race and Social Justice Reporter Julian Glover is here to give us some context of looting. SNIP To some, the distinction may be small, but Lorenzo Boyd, PhD, Professor of Criminal Justice & Community Policing at the University of New Haven, and a retired veteran police officer, emphasized that words matter. "Looting is a term that we typically use...