The Legal and Financial Reasons Why Police Stop and Shoot People like Philando Castile
Category: POLITICS
Excessive use of force cases are hard to win. The law simply favors the police here and with other criminal and state tort liability issues for the misuse of force. Moreover, public fears of crime complicate matters.  So does racism, especially in situations with mostly white officers.
By David Schultz, ContributorAuthor; Political Science Professor, Hamline University, 2016-07-10