Criminal
Nov. 18, 2000
Righteous Reform
Misconduct by Los Angeles police officers is nothing new. Although the vast majority of officers are honest and conscientious, there is a long history of corruption and misdeeds within the Los Angeles Police Department.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Misconduct by Los Angeles police officers is nothing new. Although the vast majority of officers are honest and conscientious, there is a long history of corruption and misdeeds within the Los Angeles Police Department.
In the 1950s, widespread ...
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