CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Exclusionary Rule, Bow Street Runners, August Vollmer
9 Nov 2017
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O(cid:373)e i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t fa(cid:272)ts to keep i(cid:374) (cid:373)i(cid:374)d . 5. 5 million stopped by police in 2008. 40 million people had face to face contact w/police. 47 million americans have a record on file with criminal justice agencies. Discretion: the authority to choose between and among alternative courses of action, based on individual judgement. Black, whites, and the thin blue line: views on race and police in america. Most unconsciously associate people of color with crime. Mostly linked with hispanics and african americans. Unconscious linking evolves from what see on tv and read from news. Artificial intelligence developing same unconscious racial biases in news that they produce during online searches. Whites and blacks tend to have different views of race and police. Been on display since deaths of michael brown and eric garner. Some also have a pro-police mentality that sees blue first. People that they are shooting are dangerous or acting dangerous.
