Putting America on Trial: Crimes of Structural Violence (The United States v. The People)
This project presents a constitutional indictment of the United States, arguing that the State has continuously produced and maintained systems that generate racialized vulnerability, premature death, and structural harm for XXX communities. Drawing on archival documents, war‑crimes jurisprudence, environmental justice research, civil rights testimony, and foundational works in Black political thought, the manuscript demonstrates that institutions such as policing, detention, zoning, education, and economic policy function not as neutral mechanisms of public safety but as interlocking architectures of risk. Through a structured sequence of defenses and rebuttals, the work interrogates the State’s claims to necessity, gradual progress, and institutional evolution, revealing these narratives as legal alibis that obscure ongoing constitutional violations. By situating domestic policy within global precedents from Nuremberg, Tokyo, and Dachau, the project reframes accountability as a democratic imperative and argues that meaningful redress requires structural transformation rather than incremental reform.