Title:
Shielded : how the police became untouchable / Joanna Schwartz.
ISBN:
9780593299364
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
xxi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Contents:
How we got here -- Lawyers -- The complaint -- The Constitution -- Qualified immunity -- Suing the city -- Judges -- Juries -- Court-ordered reforms -- Officers' bank accounts -- Local government budgets -- Learning from lawsuits -- A better way -- Glossary.
Summary:
Despite recent high-profile murders that have brought attention to the pervasiveness of police misconduct, it remains nearly impossible to hold police accountable for abuses of power. Schwartz exposes the myriad ways in which our legal system protects police at all costs, with analysis about subjects ranging from qualified immunity to no-knock warrants. She paints a compelling picture of the human cost of our failing criminal justice system, and reveals what tragically familiar calls for "justice" truly entail. -- adapted from jacket
OCLC Number:
on1315739343
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