Berkeley Law Conversations: Reforming Policing and Ending Excessive Force

The trial and conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd has again focused attention of the enormous problem of excessive police force especially against people of color. How can we reform police departments? What are the challenges in prosecuting police officers for excessive force? Can litigation make a difference? Speakers include: Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley Law Dean (and author of Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Has Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights, to be published this summer) George Gascon, Los Angeles District Attorney (and former San Francisco District Attorney) Connie Rice, Civil Rights Lawyer (and former constitutional policing advisor for the Los Angeles Police Department) Closed Captioning available at: https://www.streamtext.net/player?eve...