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Podcast: Turning A Moment Into A Movement
Episode: POLICE BEHAVIOR MATTER
Description: This week ….we will discuss Police Behavior and how unaddressed misconduct leads to wrongful convictions. Our guest Abdul Hakeem will discuss his own recent experience with Officer misconduct….and how no accountability has lead to many convictions being overturned in Detroit.
According to the National Registry of Exonerations, actions by police officers, including witness tampering, violent interrogations and falsifying evidence, account for the majority of the misconduct that lead to Wrongful Convictions.
Researchers found that misconduct by police is among the leading causes of disproportionate false conviction of Black defendants.
-78% of Black defe...