Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Addressing the deeply embedded constitutional deficiencies we found demands an entire reorientation of law enforcement in Ferguson.The City must replace revenue-driven policing with a system grounded in the principles of community policing and police legitimacy, in which people are equally protected and treated with compassion, regardless of race." 1 On March 4, 2015, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the release of the Department of Justice's "searing report" on the Ferguson Police Department. 2 The report was the product of one of two federal investigations that occurred in response to a police officer's fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in August 2014.3 While the investigation of the officer concludes that
Author: Neil L Sobol
Institution: Texas A&M University School of Law
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2297989833