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Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Report: Judicial System Gives Cops a Pass in New Jersey, Elsewhere by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. American law has a system of checks and balances to keep corruption and wrongdoing by those in power from overwhelming the system. When it comes to police misconduct, it seems there …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
They’re Not Secret Police, Just Police by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Disturbing images were coming out of Portland, Oregon, where protesters were being arrested by camouflaged federal agents in unmarked vans and taken to undisclosed locations for “processing.” Lawmakers rightfully called this behavior reprehensible for its utter lack of …
Article • December 3, 2020
Police Unions No Longer Welcome by Rank-and-File Labor by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. For nearly 123 years, police have enjoyed the privilege of organizing under various trade unions until recently when they began to be shunned by many of America’s larger labor organizations for violating the laborer’s …
Article • November 18, 2020
Philadelphia Joins Other Cities in Banning Police Use of Non-Lethal Force Against Protestors by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Just days after the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. by Philadelphia Police officers, the city council voted 14-3 to ban the use of “less lethal” munitions by police against demonstrators …
Why Coroners Often Blame Police Killings on a Made-Up Medical Condition by Samantha Michaels An interview with Harvard health researcher Justin Feldman. by Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones A day after police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck in Minneapolis, killing him, a county medical examiner began …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Time to Curb Police Unions by Bill Barton by Bill Barton The May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd under the left knee of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis served as the proverbial “straw that broke the camel’s back” when it came to spurring widespread public outcry over the seemingly endless …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Government Enforcers Are Still Cops by Jayson Hawkins   by Jayson Hawkins  The police-involved killing of George Floyd in late May 2020 has proven to be a rallying cry against systemic racism across America. The sight of a man begging to breathe while a cop knelt on his neck for …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Massachusetts Supreme Court: Brady Requires Disclosure of Exculpatory Material Revealed During Immunized Testimony Before Grand Jury by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts affirmed an order of a trial judge requiring a district attorney to disclose to defense attorneys details of misconduct by two police …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Exodus of a Baker’s Dozen by Edward Lyon   by Ed Lyon Since the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd while in police custody, protests against police brutality and systemic racism have grown. And, as various protests and incidents of excessive force by police make headlines, police chiefs are beating …
Brief • October 29, 2020
Arndt v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Order of Dismissal, Excessive Force, 2020 Case :18-cv-10699-GW-MRW Document 90 Filed 10/29/20 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:619 JS-6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 THE SEHAT LAW FIRM, PLC Cameron Sehat, Esq: (SBN: 256535) 19800 MacArthur ffivd., …
Publication • October 29, 2020
Civic Responses to Police Violence - Harvard University 2020 Civic Responses to Police Violence∗ Desmond Ang† Harvard University Jonathan Tebes‡ Harvard University October 29, 2020 Abstract Roughly a thousand people are killed by American law enforcement officers each year, accounting for more than 5% of all homicides. We estimate the …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Police Unions: Obstacles to Criminal Justice Reform and Police Accountability by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney This article examines how police unions have used their contracts or Collective Bargaining Agreements (“CBA”) and lobbied for special legislation known as the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights (“LEOBR”) to create a system …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Campaign Zero Advocates for Police Accountability by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In most states across America, an employee can be fired at any time for any reason. Only Montana provides some protection after six months on the job; otherwise, employment in America is an “at will” affair. Unless, of …
DOJ Report: Massachusetts Narcotics Bureau Relied on Excessive Use of Force by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Narcotics Bureau (“NB”) of the Springfield Police Department (“SPD”) regularly used excessive force in the commission of its duties, covering its violations through deficiencies in its use of force reporting system. That’s …
Article • October 5, 2020
$90,042.12 Awarded in Fees and Costs in Seattle Terry Stop Case by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On August 4, 2011, a federal court in Washington state granted attorneys’ fees and costs on a Plaintiff’s Terry stop verdict. Yet the court reduced the $418,000 fee award request to just $90,042.12 …
Chicago’s Police Torture Reparations by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In 2015, the decades-long battle waged by social justice activists in Chicago culminated in the passage of a reparations bill for victims of torture at the hands of the Chicago police. Five years after this historic victory, both victims and …
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
Sixth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment to Defendants in § 1983 Suit Against City and Police Officers by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio that …
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
Police Violence and the 14th Amendment by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The due process clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” The intent of the amendment was to restrain government …
Article • August 18, 2020
Police Use Noise as a Weapon for ‘Crowd Control’ by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Police are using harmful military-grade noise weapons in crowd control during protests. These items, flashbangs, and long-range acoustic devices (LRADs) can produce sounds of over 170 decibels, damaging vulnerable parts of the inner ear which …
Article • August 15, 2020 • from CLN September, 2020
State Violence, Legitimacy, and the Path to True Public Safety by David M. Kennedy by David M. Kennedy, Niskanen Center (niskanencenter.org) Executive Summary: I work with cops, and I support this movement. Police Violence Is State Violence Let’s be clear about what’s been happening in the country these last few weeks. …
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