Police Officer Using Excessive Physical Force Each week, it seems like there is a new story about police officers somewhere in the United States using excessive physical, oftentimes deadly, force in a situation that just doesn’t warrant it. I was thrusted into this national debate last week and not just as a TV expert and […]
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My CNN Debate: Two Perspectives On Justice – One Path Forward After spending all week talking about the shooting deaths of Fernando Castro and Alton Sterling, I was up early Saturday morning after the tragedy in Dallas and heading back to CNN. This time it was a law professor named Dr. Carol Swain from Vanderbilt and
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Mourning in America I didn’t know Alton Sterling or Philando Castille. I didn’t know the five officers killed in Dallas, but I feel like I have lost family members. All of these deaths have hit me hard. As a mother, civil rights attorney and someone who talks on TV about race, politics and social issues,
Reality Check: You’re Not Doing Enough I respect and love my audience, and that’s why I’m going to be frank with you today: You’re not doing enough. You’re not active enough, you’re not political enough, and you are not doing enough to make your voice heard. That may sound like tough love, and it is,
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4th Amendment: Unlawful Search and Seizure There is a very interesting discussion (and sometimes argument) to be had surrounding the role of courts in our country – one that is especially interesting to passionate civil rights lawyers like myself. We look back throughout our history and see that courts and their justices have been the