Police+Brutality

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The person being beat below is Askia Sabur. The police officer beating him is Jimmy Leocal. September 3, 2010. media type="youtube" key="vQXh-v3IZ4c?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

The persons being beat below include Brian Hall and two others. Four of the 18 officers involved were fired but then acquitted of criminal charges by a grand jury. media type="custom" key="7765901" width="350" height="350"

=Articles=

“Who Polices the Police? They Do. That’s the Problem.” Andrew Thompson, //City Paper//, February 2010 Grand Jury Results (The Case of Brian Hall, et al.)

=Proposals=

We need a Citizen Review Board with subpoena power, independent investigators and the power to conduct public hearings. See Cops vs. Citizen Review for a good, brief history of struggles for citizen review and specific consideration of Philadelphia. We currently have the Police Advisory Commission but it has no real power; it just makes recommendations to the Police Commissioner and then he can and often does choose to do nothing.

We could nominate Alex Breland of UPenn, who has experience as a student rep on a failed Civilian Review Board at Penn, to suggest a specific proposal. See Student Rep Quits Advisory Board.