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Encircling protesters and targeting journalists undermine right to assemble

February 3, 2022 by William H. Freivogel

The right to assemble is as American as apple pie. It is written in the First Amendment — “the right of the people to peaceably assemble.” The American Revolution followed high-spirited protests in the colonies. But legal experts say that police tactics at mass demonstrations are threatening the right to assemble. Kettling protesters, spraying them with chemicals, mass … [Read more...] about Encircling protesters and targeting journalists undermine right to assemble

Post-Ferguson police reform stalls among racial divisions

January 27, 2022 by William H. Freivogel and Orli Sheffey

ST. LOUIS - Ferguson became the Selma of the 21st century after Officer Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown seven years ago. Protests transformed Black Lives Matter from a hashtag into the nation’s leading civil rights movement and forged a potent political coalition that elected Black reformers to top St. Louis offices, from prosecutor to congresswoman to mayor. Yet Ferguson … [Read more...] about Post-Ferguson police reform stalls among racial divisions

Most St. Louis police officers who kill civilians are hidden from the public eye

January 27, 2022 by Orli Sheffey

Most of the 79 St. Louis area police officers who killed people in recent years have escaped public scrutiny, going unnamed both in media and department incident reports. Nearly half of them still are active officers today. In addition, public knowledge of police killings has significantly decreased, despite increased attention to police killings nationwide. In the City of … [Read more...] about Most St. Louis police officers who kill civilians are hidden from the public eye

Police misconduct records secret, hard to access

December 22, 2021 by Kallie Cox and William Freivogel

Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states — 32 of them including Washington, D.C. But the breeze of openness is blowing. Seven big states have opened records in recent years — California, New York, Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts and Maryland. Nineteen states now have laws that allow these records to be mostly available to … [Read more...] about Police misconduct records secret, hard to access

Abusive police officers evade punishment through an array of legal roadblocks to accountability

December 22, 2021 by William H. Freivogel

Police officers who abuse citizens usually escape punishment because of an array of legal doctrines that stack the law in an officer’s favor. That was true before the murder of George Floyd and killing of Breonna Taylor and it’s true after the uprising that those events caused.  The guilty verdict and stiff sentence for Derek Chauvin, Floyd’s murderer, felt like a … [Read more...] about Abusive police officers evade punishment through an array of legal roadblocks to accountability

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