In this article, Dr. Fields is interviewed about police brutality court cases and settlements. When African Americans are faced with police misconduct, they are often told to seek justice in the courts, but that doesn’t always work. Courts seem to be reluctant to hand down heavy sentences on police officers. Bay Area Rapid Transport Police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot Oscar Grant in the back in 2009, did less than two years in jail. St. Louis County District Attorney Bob McCulloch, who comes from a family of police officers, declined to charge Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson, who killed Michael Brown last year.

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