Perspective
Sep. 23, 2014
Who polices the police if the system fails?
Who will police the police if the mechanisms of our legal system are ineffective at holding police departments and police officers accountable for causing harm to individuals and communities? By Priscilla A. Ocen
In August, Ferguson, Mo. - a small, predominately black suburb of St. Louis - erupted in protest after the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer. Following the shooting, Brown's body lay prone on the street for hours, visible to neighbors and passersby as a gruesome reminder of the violent end to his young life. Brown's death at the hands of police, however, was only one of many this sum...
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