Left and The Law: Policing and the Law in Ferguson

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Mon, 09/08/2014 - 12:00am
What laws apply to and affect police misconduct in situation like the killing of Michael Brown.
What legal recourse do the victims of police misconduct, like the family of Michael Brown, have?  Legal Moles Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss how the legal climate has developed from the time of Reconstruction to the present day, and how court judgments against police departments might affect what police actually do in the streets.  
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