Why Is It So Hard To Bring Bad Cops To Justice?

An episode of the WBEZ's Reset podcast, hosted by Chicago Public Media, titled "Why Is It So Hard To Bring Bad Cops To Justice?" was published on June 16, 2020 and runs 21 minutes.

June 16, 2020 ·21m · WBEZ's Reset

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American police officers are known to have wide ranging work and legal protections when it comes to harm done on the job. Reset talks with two legal scholars about the legal and social landscape of accountability for officers and why it’s so hard to prosecute bad acting officers for misconduct.

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