—How the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions can shape police behavior, for better or worse—
The Non-fiction Feature
Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
Author: Erwin Chemerinsky
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 384 | 2022
The chokehold that killed George Floyd in Minneapolis continues to be used because, as discussed earlier, the Supreme Court refused to allow lawsuits to enjoin it in City of Los Angeles v. Lyons…
The Louisville police were able to enter [Breonna] Taylor’s home without knocking and announcing, leading to the gunshots that killed her, because the Supreme Court has explicitly allowed officers to obtain a warrant allowing them to enter without knocking and announcing.
The Memoir Spot
Picking Cotton
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino & Ronald Cotton & Erin Torneo
“People’s eyes talk. I learned to read people like that when I was in prison. So it was good to be there, to hear her and see the expressions on her face.
I could see that she was truly sorry. It was plain as day: If she could’ve gone back and turned the hands of time to change what happened, she would have.”
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