A panel of scholars to discuss what “just policing” looks like in a democratic society and the specific steps to get there. Participants included David Kennedy of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute; and Theodore Shaw of the University of North Carolina School of Law. Michael Days, editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, moderatered.
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Policing in a Democratic Society Panel 2
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