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Technology Doesn't Change The Need For Legal Protection, Kami N. Chavis Jul 2016

Technology Doesn't Change The Need For Legal Protection, Kami N. Chavis

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How We Move Beyond Dallas, Spencer Overton, Kami Chavis Jul 2016

How We Move Beyond Dallas, Spencer Overton, Kami Chavis

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Calls for healing and reconciliation in the wake of recent racial violence overlook the substantive, concrete steps that experts say would help forestall the next police tragedy.


Hate Crime Laws To Protect Police Are Misguided, Kami Chavis Jul 2016

Hate Crime Laws To Protect Police Are Misguided, Kami Chavis

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JURIST Guest Columnist Kami N. Chavis of Wake Forest University School of Law discusses the recent proposals to add police officers to hate crime statutes.


The Persistence Of Fatal Police Taserings, Part 2, Donald E. Wilkes Jr. Mar 2016

The Persistence Of Fatal Police Taserings, Part 2, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

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This article updates the author's previous article on the statistics on deaths resulting from police taserings.


The Persistence Of Fatal Police Taserings, Donald E. Wilkes Jr. Feb 2016

The Persistence Of Fatal Police Taserings, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

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There is, newfound interest in obtaining accurate information about police use of force in this country. This means, among other things, that we need reliable statistics about police violence. We cannot address the problem of unlawful police violence unless we possess adequate statistical information about all police violence, lawful as well as unlawful.

This article explores the violence of police tasering and the statistics of this practice.