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Floyd, George, killing of public’s inability to see police disciplinary
Chauvin’s conviction, 35 actions in, 35
described, 13, 17 required use of body cameras in, 48
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act restrictions on use of force in, 20
proposed, 11, 33 no-knock raids, 10–11
push for body cameras and, 4, 40
riots following, 21 Olivas, Gabriel, 33–34
Frase, Richard, 7
Padilla, Rafael, 22
Garner, Eric, 17 Pew Research Center, 15, 24
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act police
(proposed, 2021), 11, 33 backlash against, 11
George Mason University, 45 deaths, assaults, and injuries of, 21, 23, 24
Griffard, Molly, 35 deaths caused by, 7, 9
Guadarrama, Jeremias, 33–34 de-escalation training reduces use of force,
16
Huebl, Paul, 29 definition of use of force, 8
distrust of, increase difficulties of job, 13–14
Jefferson, Ebony, 34 duty-to-intervene policies, 15
Johnson, Jason, 31 foot pursuits by, 16–17
Journal of Experimental Criminology, 42 importance of experience in the field, 22
indemnification of, by departments, 34–35
Kansas, 47–48 intervention by officers when witnessing use
Kazanjian, John, 26 of excessive force, 15
Kent Police Department (Washington State), measures taken by, to achieve more
22 accountability, 10
number of Black versus White Americans
La Vigne, Nancy, 7–8 killed by, 7, 9
Lawrence, Daniel, 40 percentage of Black versus White
Lee, Cynthia, 14 Americans’ belief in racial fairness, 10
Lindsey, Michael, 10 public confidence in, 20
Locke, Amir, 10–11 resignations, suicides, and early retirement
Los Angeles, 11 of, 20
Loughlin, Joseph, 24 split-second reactions are often needed, 19
Louisville, Kentucky, 16 structural changes in, are necessary, 14
Ludwig, Jens, 43 use-of-force continuum, 8
Lynch, Patrick J., 19 Potter, Kimberly, 6
Potts, Jeff, 39
Mac Donald, Heather, 11 pretrial detention, elimination of, 11
Marsey, J. David, 30 privacy rights, 46, 49–50
McNeil, David, 46 public opinion
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 10–11 confidence in police, 20
See also Floyd, George, killing of ending qualified immunity, 32–33, 36
frequency of police firing guns, 24
National Use-of-Force Data Collection program racial fairness of police, 10
(Federal Bureau of Investigation), 7 wearing of body cameras by police, 41
Newell, Bryce Clayton, 50
New York City qualified immunity
elimination of cash bail and pretrial detention basic facts about, 16–17, 25, 30–31
in, 11 court decisions
Garner death in, 17 lower courts (2005–2019), 28
payments to citizens for police misconduct US Court of Appeals for the Eighth
by, 35 Circuit, 36–37

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