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Criminal
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Chapter 7: The Limits of Police Authority |
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Racial Profiling | Corruption
| Use of Force Whren v. U.S. (1996) Supreme Court decision allowing police to stop people for traffic infractions even if the police have a different motivation for making the stop. Arrest the Racism: Racial Profiling in America ACLU site describing its fight against the "outrageous practice of racial profiling." Racial Justice: Racial Profiling Press releases, action items, publications, legal documents, legislative documents, speeches, and fact sheets on racial profiling. (ACLU) "Racial Profiling": The View From A Squad Car This editorial by Fred Reed argues in favor of profiling by police. The Myth of Racial Profiling This article argues that there is no evidence that racial profiling exists and attacks against it are damaging police work. 'Racial Profiling' Doesn't Prove Cops Are RacistWall Street Journal article by Jackson Toby. Senate Committee Hearing: "Racial Profiling within Law Enforcement Agencies" Testimony of several witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights' hearing on "Racial Profiling within Law Enforcement Agencies." Contacts between Police and the Public: Findings from the 1999 National Survey Bureau of Justice Statistics (2001). Racial Profiling Links from the Open Directory Project. Racial Profiling Links From Yahoo! Official Frank Serpico Website Information about Frank Serpico, the former police officer who became known when he exposed the deep-seated corruption in the New York Police Department in the 1970s. Media Reports Connected to the LAPD Corruption Scandal Collected articles on the scandal from Streetgangs.com. LAPD Blues A 2001 report on the Rampart scandal by PBS's Frontline. Rampart Area Corruption Incident: Public Report Report prepared by the LAPD Board of Inquiry containing many short- and long-term recommendations to prevent reoccurrences like the Rampart incident. (PDF File) Information on Drug-Related Police Corruption U.S. General Accounting Office report on the correlation between drug-trafficking and police corruption. (PDF file) Police Corruption—Police Integrity Collection of articles on these subjects from Criminal Justice Resources of the Michigan State University Libraries. Law Enforcement—Police Discipline and Misconduct The latest research findings on these subjects from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Use of Force By Police Joint report from the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics on police use of force. Tennessee v. Garner (1985) Supreme Court case on Fourth Amendment limit to police use of deadly force. National Data Collection on Police Use of Force Joint paper of National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics summarizing research on police use of force and listing the difficulties in collecting use-of-force data. Use of Force by Police: Overview of National and Local Data Updated report from National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics. Rethinking Rodney King An interview with Washington Post reporter Lou Cannon, author of Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD. Amadou Diallo Case Links to Washington Post articles on the case of Amadou Diallo, the New York City man shot 41 times by police while reaching into his jacket to retrieve his wallet. The Abner Louima Torture Case Links and information about the trial of five NYPD cops indicted in the case involving the torture of Abner Louima. AI Report: 1999 A 1999 Amnesty International report on police brutality and recommendations for improving the situation through greater police accountability. Police Attitudes Toward Abuse of Authority A year 2000 U.S. Department of Justice study on police attitudes toward abuse of authority. (PDF file) Employee Review Programs Lecture notes from Professor Tom O'Connor, North Carolina Wesleyan College, on the two traditional ways of handling complaints against police: internal affairs units and civilian review boards. "We Own the Night:" Amadou Diallo's Deadly Encounter with New York City's Street Crimes Unit Article by Timothy Lynch of the Cato Institute argues that New York Police Department's aggressive use of stop and frisks were responsible for the Amadou Diallo incident. Cutting Crime, Keeping Our Rights Several experts give their opinions on how police can keep guns and drugs off the street while respecting the civil rights of citizens. Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States Information and recommendations from Human Rights Watch on police brutality in the United States. NYPD Blues PBS site exploring allegations of police brutality in New York. What Happened When I Was Accused of Police Brutality A cop's story and his recommendations to improve the system. From Slate Magazine. When does police mistake become murder? Analysis of what it takes to convict police officers who fire guns in mistaken belief that they are in danger. Your Rights if Questioned, Stopped, or Arrested by the Police Fact sheet, prepared by the Ohio State Bar Association, summarizing the rights that a person can invoke when questioned by police. Know Your Rights During Police Encounters Advice from the ACLU. |