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When The Cops Were Not 'Handcuffed', Yale Kamisar
When The Cops Were Not 'Handcuffed', Yale Kamisar
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Are we losing the war against crime? Is the public getting a fair break? Has the pendulum swung too far to the left? Do the victims of crime have some rights, too? Are the courts handcuffing the police?
If there were a hit parade for newspaper and magazine articles, speeches and panel discussions, these questions would rank high on the list. Not only are they being raised with increasing frequency, but they are being debated with growing fury.
Last year, probably the most famous police chief in the United States, William H. Parker of Los Angeles, protested that American police …
An Introduction To Riot Legislation, Jerold H. Israel
An Introduction To Riot Legislation, Jerold H. Israel
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My speech will provide an introduction to criminal code legislation specifically pertaining to riots and a brief description of our recent experience with riots. Hopefully, this description, supplemented by the film on the Detroit riot, will provide an appropriate factual background for both the remainder of my own talk and the analyses of proper police procedures during riots (and other civil disorders) to be presented by Major Brown and Professor Martin.