Jennifer Morinigo | September 21, 2016 | Policing
On Tuesday, September 20, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the act of fleeing from police is not enough for a police officer to view the person as suspicious, particularly if the person is a black man. In the Commonwealth v. Jimmy Warren opinion,...
Rachel A. Harmon | September 15, 2016 | Policing
ABSTRACTThe fight over how to govern the police has become the most controversial legal topic in American politics, yet American lawyers are often are unprepared to participate in the debate. They leave law school knowing next to nothing about the myriad legal rules...
Dara Lovitz | September 5, 2016 | Policing
Until recent years, the unfortunate phenomenon of police officer-involved killings of persons of color has been largely kept out of media focus. But now mainstream media channels are covering the incidents and giving voice to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement,...
