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How the Police Became Untouchable

The Lawfare Podcast

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What Is Your Ideal Reform for State and Local Police Accountability?

A lot of the shields you identify in the book are just going to be very hard to reform. The Fourth Amendment doctrine that you talked about as a hurdle, I think the court is not going to move much on that. Congress can do away with qualified immunity and create vicarious liability for local governments. They could tie federal funding to better accreditation standards or decertifying officers who engage in misconduct.

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