Criminal convictions for police rare One doesn’t have to be a legal expert in the United States to recognize this fact: most police aren’t convicted if they are faced with alleged crimes. In fact, in many instances, criminal charges aren’t even brought against an officer. Whether the crime is a violation of a citizen’s civil […]
Body Cameras and Police Brutality
Police Fatally Shoot Suspects In 2014, Ferguson, Missouri, made international headlines after a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown. Several other instances of police shooting unarmed suspects around the country, including the shooting of Keith Scott in 2016 in Charlotte, have garnered attention. Before, during, and especially after these incidents, both citizens and public officials […]
