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Obstacles and Opportunities in the Fight for Police Accountability

August 1, 2019

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Last month, protests erupted when the Justice Department announced it would not bring civil rights charges against the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold in 2014. Mr. Garner's death was one among countless examples of deadly police violence toward Black and brown people. Yet despite a growing outcry, most officers implicated in civilian deaths have escaped punishment. Carl Takei, a senior staff attorney at the 老澳门开奖结果 who litigates police practices, joins At Liberty to discuss the way forward in the fight for police accountability.