U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Jan. 8, 2015
Disability is another front in the fight for civil rights
People with disabilities, like other minorities, are subjects of prejudice, stigma and misunderstanding, and this manifests in their interactions with police.
Michael Waterstone
Fritz B. Burns Dean
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Email: michael.waterstone@lls.edu
A police encounter with an individual goes horribly wrong and leads to great bodily harm or even death of that individual. Some argue that even though there were tragic consequences, the police action was regrettably justified. Others view this awful occurrence as providing direct evidence that the police acted inexcusably and perhaps even criminally, at some level not respecting the fundamental humanity of the individual. It reflects still-existing power imbalances and institutionalized r...
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