Terence Keel
@terencekeel.bsky.social
Professor • Author • Director of the BioCritical Studies Lab
Had a marvelous conversation with @brittanyepage.bsky.social on her wonderful show about our broken death investigation system. More to come.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Had a marvelous conversation with @brittanyepage.bsky.social on her wonderful show about our broken death investigation system. More to come.
See you tomorrow night at Reparations Club! Join us for the book launch event of THE CORONER’S SILENCE (@beaconpress.bsky.social), moderated by Cerise Castle.
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 13
⏰ 7:00 PM (PST)
📍 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90016
#booklaunch #losangeles #reparationsclub #nonfiction
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 13
⏰ 7:00 PM (PST)
📍 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90016
#booklaunch #losangeles #reparationsclub #nonfiction
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
See you tomorrow night at Reparations Club! Join us for the book launch event of THE CORONER’S SILENCE (@beaconpress.bsky.social), moderated by Cerise Castle.
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 13
⏰ 7:00 PM (PST)
📍 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90016
#booklaunch #losangeles #reparationsclub #nonfiction
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 13
⏰ 7:00 PM (PST)
📍 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90016
#booklaunch #losangeles #reparationsclub #nonfiction
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Happy #PublicationDay, @terencekeel.bsky.social!🔍
THE CORONER’S SILENCE, his landmark intervention that uncovers how coroners and other death investigators are complicit in obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths, is a “searing exposé.” — @ruha9.bsky.social
THE CORONER’S SILENCE, his landmark intervention that uncovers how coroners and other death investigators are complicit in obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths, is a “searing exposé.” — @ruha9.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Happy #PublicationDay, @terencekeel.bsky.social!🔍
THE CORONER’S SILENCE, his landmark intervention that uncovers how coroners and other death investigators are complicit in obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths, is a “searing exposé.” — @ruha9.bsky.social
THE CORONER’S SILENCE, his landmark intervention that uncovers how coroners and other death investigators are complicit in obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths, is a “searing exposé.” — @ruha9.bsky.social
“The Coroner’s Silence” is now available at bookstores near you. 📚 Thanks to @beaconpress.bsky.social my editor, supporters, and colleagues for helping make this work happen. We must not forget the misremembered victims of police violence & their stories. #pubday #bookrelease #nonfiction #truecrime
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“The Coroner’s Silence” is now available at bookstores near you. 📚 Thanks to @beaconpress.bsky.social my editor, supporters, and colleagues for helping make this work happen. We must not forget the misremembered victims of police violence & their stories. #pubday #bookrelease #nonfiction #truecrime
Abandon the poor and unhealthy. Then call progressive democrats socialists for wanting fair wages and free healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Abandon the poor and unhealthy. Then call progressive democrats socialists for wanting fair wages and free healthcare.
"A stunning achievement. Reading this book changes how one sees this country and the people who bear the brunt of its contradictions. A tour de force and a must-read in these troubling times." —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. #newbook #bookrelease #nonfiction #truecrime #reading
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"A stunning achievement. Reading this book changes how one sees this country and the people who bear the brunt of its contradictions. A tour de force and a must-read in these troubling times." —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. #newbook #bookrelease #nonfiction #truecrime #reading
Preorder your copy of “The Coroner’s Silence” (@beaconpress.bsky.social) now. 🔗 rep.club/products/cor...
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Preorder your copy of “The Coroner’s Silence” (@beaconpress.bsky.social) now. 🔗 rep.club/products/cor...
Less than one month away! 📕 “The Coroner’s Silence” (@beaconpress.bsky.social) is coming a bookstore near you on Nov. 11. You can preorder your copy here: rep.club/products/cor...
#bookrelease #nonfiction #newbook #truecrime #preorder #thecoronerssilence
#bookrelease #nonfiction #newbook #truecrime #preorder #thecoronerssilence
The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence
For readers of His Name Is George Floyd and Under the SkinA landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned violence through death investigati...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Less than one month away! 📕 “The Coroner’s Silence” (@beaconpress.bsky.social) is coming a bookstore near you on Nov. 11. You can preorder your copy here: rep.club/products/cor...
#bookrelease #nonfiction #newbook #truecrime #preorder #thecoronerssilence
#bookrelease #nonfiction #newbook #truecrime #preorder #thecoronerssilence
The #Goodreads #giveaway for "The Coroner's Silence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social) ends this Friday! Click the link below to enter. ⬇️
Book #giveaway is open now over on #Goodreads! Follow the link below to enter to win one of 25 copies of “The Coroner’s Silence,” (@beaconpress.bsky.social ) now through Oct. 11.
shorturl.at/muO9V
(U.S. only and a valid mailing address is required.)
#bookgiveaway #nonfiction #bookrelease #truecrime
shorturl.at/muO9V
(U.S. only and a valid mailing address is required.)
#bookgiveaway #nonfiction #bookrelease #truecrime
October 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The #Goodreads #giveaway for "The Coroner's Silence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social) ends this Friday! Click the link below to enter. ⬇️
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@terencekeel.bsky.social makes an important point here. Real public safety involves addressing the root causes of crime: low wages, lack of affordable housing, unmet health needs. Not draconian executive orders. @latimes.com
Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@terencekeel.bsky.social makes an important point here. Real public safety involves addressing the root causes of crime: low wages, lack of affordable housing, unmet health needs. Not draconian executive orders. @latimes.com
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Our justice system has a responsibility to care for people who are incarcerated, regardless of their innocence. The Trump admin, unfortunately, doesn’t think so. @terencekeel.bsky.social
Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
www.latimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our justice system has a responsibility to care for people who are incarcerated, regardless of their innocence. The Trump admin, unfortunately, doesn’t think so. @terencekeel.bsky.social
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As @beaconpress.bsky.social author @terencekeel.bsky.social opines in the @latimes.com, the push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail instead endangers more people. Check out his great piece below.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
www.latimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As @beaconpress.bsky.social author @terencekeel.bsky.social opines in the @latimes.com, the push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail instead endangers more people. Check out his great piece below.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
I have an op/ed today published in #LATimes. My original title was “Why Ending Bail Reform Threatens Public Safety.” I believe people in jail have rights and are not simply suspects. #opinion #newwriting
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-09-30/zero-cash-bail-trump-executive-order
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-09-30/zero-cash-bail-trump-executive-order
Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
www.latimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I have an op/ed today published in #LATimes. My original title was “Why Ending Bail Reform Threatens Public Safety.” I believe people in jail have rights and are not simply suspects. #opinion #newwriting
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-09-30/zero-cash-bail-trump-executive-order
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-09-30/zero-cash-bail-trump-executive-order
Trey Reed and Cory Zukatis were both found dead hanging from trees in the state of Mississippi yesterday. Major media has been slow to cover this story, but more details have come out today.
September 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trey Reed and Cory Zukatis were both found dead hanging from trees in the state of Mississippi yesterday. Major media has been slow to cover this story, but more details have come out today.
Book #giveaway is open now over on #Goodreads! Follow the link below to enter to win one of 25 copies of “The Coroner’s Silence,” (@beaconpress.bsky.social ) now through Oct. 11.
shorturl.at/muO9V
(U.S. only and a valid mailing address is required.)
#bookgiveaway #nonfiction #bookrelease #truecrime
shorturl.at/muO9V
(U.S. only and a valid mailing address is required.)
#bookgiveaway #nonfiction #bookrelease #truecrime
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Book #giveaway is open now over on #Goodreads! Follow the link below to enter to win one of 25 copies of “The Coroner’s Silence,” (@beaconpress.bsky.social ) now through Oct. 11.
shorturl.at/muO9V
(U.S. only and a valid mailing address is required.)
#bookgiveaway #nonfiction #bookrelease #truecrime
shorturl.at/muO9V
(U.S. only and a valid mailing address is required.)
#bookgiveaway #nonfiction #bookrelease #truecrime
It’s no secret the jails in LA are the most dangerous in the United States. Just this year alone, there have been 36 deaths in 35 weeks, setting a record for the number of people who have died here in LA County jails during the month of September.
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s no secret the jails in LA are the most dangerous in the United States. Just this year alone, there have been 36 deaths in 35 weeks, setting a record for the number of people who have died here in LA County jails during the month of September.
This fall I’ll be coming to a city near you—mark your calendars if you’re near #LA, #Baltimore, #DC, or #Cambridge to join us in discussion about “The Coroner’s Silence.
#booktour
#reparationsclub
#politicsandprose
@redemmas.org
@harvardbookstore.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.social
#booktour
#reparationsclub
#politicsandprose
@redemmas.org
@harvardbookstore.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This fall I’ll be coming to a city near you—mark your calendars if you’re near #LA, #Baltimore, #DC, or #Cambridge to join us in discussion about “The Coroner’s Silence.
#booktour
#reparationsclub
#politicsandprose
@redemmas.org
@harvardbookstore.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.social
#booktour
#reparationsclub
#politicsandprose
@redemmas.org
@harvardbookstore.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.social
Did you know Elizabeth Catlett was one of the first Black women to earn an MFA, and is the first woman of color to have a feature exhibit at the National Gallery of Art? A new exhibit of her work opens this weekend at The Art Institute of Chicago ⬇️ www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...
Elizabeth Catlett: "A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies" | The Art Institute of Chicago
Bringing together over 100 works from across Catlett’s awe-inspiring career, this long-overdue retrospective showcases the significant role this revolutionary artist and radical activist played in her time and still today.
www.artic.edu
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Did you know Elizabeth Catlett was one of the first Black women to earn an MFA, and is the first woman of color to have a feature exhibit at the National Gallery of Art? A new exhibit of her work opens this weekend at The Art Institute of Chicago ⬇️ www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...
The Russian #translation of "Divine Variations: How Christian Thought Became Racial Science" is now available. Big thanks to Academic Studies Press! #russiantranslation #nonfiction #booktranslations https://www.academicstudiespress.com/9798887199702/
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August 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Russian #translation of "Divine Variations: How Christian Thought Became Racial Science" is now available. Big thanks to Academic Studies Press! #russiantranslation #nonfiction #booktranslations https://www.academicstudiespress.com/9798887199702/
Excited to share a preview of this important film, "Negotiating America: Vegetable Soup and Television’s Attempt to End Racism." Watch the preview here and you can read more about the project, linked below. vimeo.com/1003183502/3...
Negotiating America: Vegetable Soup and Television's Attempt to End Racism
Teaser for a documentary film currently in production: Negotiating America: Vegetable Soup and Television's Attempt to End Racism is a feature-length documentary…
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August 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Excited to share a preview of this important film, "Negotiating America: Vegetable Soup and Television’s Attempt to End Racism." Watch the preview here and you can read more about the project, linked below. vimeo.com/1003183502/3...
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It’s 🔍COVER REVEAL🔍 Friday for @terencekeel.bsky.social at the #UCLA BCS Lab!
THE CORONER’S SILENCE is a landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned police violence through death investigations.
Cover design: Carol Chu
THE CORONER’S SILENCE is a landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned police violence through death investigations.
Cover design: Carol Chu
August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It’s 🔍COVER REVEAL🔍 Friday for @terencekeel.bsky.social at the #UCLA BCS Lab!
THE CORONER’S SILENCE is a landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned police violence through death investigations.
Cover design: Carol Chu
THE CORONER’S SILENCE is a landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned police violence through death investigations.
Cover design: Carol Chu
Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming book, “The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence,” which will hit the shelves Nov. 11 this year. Big thanks to @beaconpress.bsky.social! Preorder link below ⬇️
August 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming book, “The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence,” which will hit the shelves Nov. 11 this year. Big thanks to @beaconpress.bsky.social! Preorder link below ⬇️
"The Rangers’ report revealed that the reported altercation took place in what detainees in the jail referred to as the 'fight cell' — a known blind spot in the facility’s surveillance system." Why is there a blind spot? Read more @themarshallproject.org ⬇️
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/06/h...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/06/h...
Who Answers for a Death in Custody?
Jacilet Griffin is one of many nationwide left with grief and unanswered questions when a loved one dies behind bars.
www.themarshallproject.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"The Rangers’ report revealed that the reported altercation took place in what detainees in the jail referred to as the 'fight cell' — a known blind spot in the facility’s surveillance system." Why is there a blind spot? Read more @themarshallproject.org ⬇️
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/06/h...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/06/h...
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August 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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A few years ago, I got the chance to talk to ABC News about long-standing flaws in the "science of death," that disproportionately impact Black and Latinx inmates. Read more here: abcnews.go.com/US/medical-e...
Medical examiners impacted by relationships with police, study finds
Researchers point to the fact that medical examiners have a close relationship with law enforcement offices in their calls for change.
abcnews.go.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A few years ago, I got the chance to talk to ABC News about long-standing flaws in the "science of death," that disproportionately impact Black and Latinx inmates. Read more here: abcnews.go.com/US/medical-e...