Presumed guilty
By Chemerinsky, Erwin
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Presumed guilty :how the Supreme Court empowered the police and subverted civil rights

by
Chemerinsky, Erwin. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
Police misconductLaw and legislationUnited States.(WiMaSCL)5026591
Police brutalityUnited StatesPrevention.(WiMaSCL)4805488
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Publisher and Date
New York :Liveright Publishing Corporation,2021.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781631496516.
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1631496514.
Library of Congress Call Number
KF5399.C44 2021
Geographic Area Code
n-us---
Description
xiii, 362 pages :illustrations ;25 cm
Contents (as listed on item)
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System Control Number
(OCoLC)1243013074
Summary"Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty. Presumed Guilty, like the best-selling The Color of Law, is a "smoking gun" of civil rights research, a troubling history that reveals how the Supreme Court enabled racist policing and sanctioned law enforcement excesses. The fact that police are nine times more likely to kill Black men than other Americans is no accident; it is the result of an elaborate body of doctrines that allow the police and courts to presume that suspects are guilty before being charged. Demonstrating how the prodefendant Warren Court was a brief historical aberration, Erwin Chemerinsky shows how this more liberal era ended with Nixon's presidency and the ascendance of conservative justices, whose rulings-like Terry v. Ohio and Los Angeles v. Lyons-have permitted stops and frisks, limited suits to reform police departments, and even abetted the use of chokeholds. Presumed Guilty concludes that an approach to policing that continues to exalt "Dirty Harry" can be transformed only by a robust court system committed to civil rights"--Provided by publisher.
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