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 defendants who were wrongly accused of murder were convicted because of some type of misconduct. That number is 64% for white defendants, according to the study.
-87% of Black defendants later found innocent who were sentenced to death were victims of official misconduct vs. 68% for white defendants.
The study found that hiding evidence that is favorable to defendants is the most common type of misconduct.
Consequences are rare….the National Registry of Exonerations study shows that Police officers were disciplined or convicted of crimes in only 19% of exonerations that involved some type of misconduct.
Recently there has been news reports about how troubled Detroit officers have 'slipped through the cracks. The new Chief has created a new unit to look into these officers.
According to DPD new risk Management Unit, The Detroit Police force today currently have 113 officers have tallied at least 30 citizen complaints. 58 have been sued at least five times and 93 have been disciplined at least 10 times—with one officer racking up 85 separate cases of discipline.
Join Jay Love from The Justice for Gerard Movement along with the panel:
-Attorney Hugo Mack,
-Trischè Duckworth, Survivors Speak
-Rev Tia Littlejohn, Life Coach & Behavioral Therapist
-Ally Hughes, Michigan Liberation and Accountability Dearborn
.....for TURNING A MOMENT INTO A MOVEMENT!
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