Street Arrests in America, 2014
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 18, 2014
In the wake of the death of Eric Garner, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said that New Yorkers need to learn to not resist arrest. With violence in St Louis over another police stop, we assess the state of street arrests with Eugene O'Donnell, a former police officer, former prosecutor, and professor of law and police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
"We need to re-imagine arrests. These street scuffles far too often escalate into violence" says Eugene O'Donnell. Listen now @WNYC
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O'Donnell says it's often the encounters over minor offenses that escalate, because people are more likely to question police motive.
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"Every cop fears the moment when someone says 'I'm not coming.'" http://t.co/STWD9FbqEb
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