Professor Stephen Rushin is quoted on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and 89.3 KPCC’s “AirTalk” about local police departments handing over investigations of police shootings to federal authorities.
“Handing this over to the federal government allows them to essentially hand the baton entirely to a separate group of people to be more directly responsible for the investigation and the outcome of that investigation.”
For more, read or listen to:
“Justice Department Investigates Baton Rouge Police Shooting”
“Alton Sterling, Philando Castile Police Shootings Reignite Criticism of Law Enforcement”
“Police Pitching Hot Cases to FBI”
