"Unfortunately, in the rare cases that officers are actually charged with fatal killings, these acquittals are the norm...This is one of many reasons why
@aclu_nationwide supports raising the legal standard for use of force to match the best practices that many police departments have adopted as a matter of internal policy." - â
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Carl Takei, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLUâs Trone Center for Justice and Equalityâ
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Paige Fernandez, Policing Policy Advisor, ACLU