Race, Police, and Imperfect Justice
Controversial cases of police shootings and high profile killings have forced us to grapple with questions of appropriate police response, officer accountability, prosecutorial discretion, and that seem to encourage the use of deadly force. These same public cases further underscored how these issues disproportionately affect Black Americans and other people of color. In this conversation, criminal law scholars Alexis Hoag of Brooklyn Law, Rachel Harmon of UVA Law, and Daniel Harawa of WashU Law explore the high-profile cases at the intersection of race and policing, including the legal proceedings and trials for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. They discuss what went wrong, what has improved, and what remains to be fixed in our imperfect justice system.
Watch Part 2 of Race, Police, and Imperfect Justice.
