Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: DOJ fact-finding reports and settlements, like the one in Ferguson, Missouri, 2 exposed egregious practices and sought a culture shift by decrees in police departments across the country.The DOJ Process sometimes also bolstered mobilization to achieve police reform already underway outside the court.3 Today, the current Administration has taken an official position against using 28 U.S.C. § 14141 authority in favor of potentially unconstitutional exercises of police discretion.4 Although the federal executive branch is no longer a driving force behind police reform litigation, the institution of policing is no less harmful to Black and Brown communities.Thus, the questions motivating this Article are: "What can legal advocates do now?How can communities and their lawyers mobilize within the legal process?"Without the DOJ's involvement, injured communities interested in court intervention may turn to section 1983 5 impact litigation, and what legal scholarship terms public 1.28
Source: Minnesota law review
DOI: 10.24926/265535.4163
Author: Sunita Patel
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3028299015