Video and Multimedia

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Video:

Video 1: Police Brutality: Causes and Remedies
http://www.c-span.org/video/?17388-1/police-brutality-causes-remedies
Description: The ACLU and the Police Executive Research Forum called a news conference to discuss the issue of police brutality and a possible means to solve the problem.

Video 2: Valley Group Asking for Civilian Review Board to Push Police Accountability
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/valley-group-asking-for-civilian-review-board-to-push-police-accountability
Description: A renewed effort is taking place to form a police civilian review board after 41 officer-involved shootings in the city of Phoenix so far this year.

Audio:

Audio 1: Police Are Learning to Accept Civilian Oversight, but Distrust Lingers
https://www.npr.org/2015/02/21/387770044/police-are-learning-to-accept-civilian-oversight-but-distrust-lingers
Description: Interview discusses the concept of civilian oversight.

Audio 2: Blue Wall of Silence Develops in Suspect’s Death
https://www.npr.org/2008/07/03/92195905/blue-wall-of-silence-develops-in-suspects-death
Description: Aaron Davis, The Washington Post’s lead reporter covering the story, talks about the case and why a “blue wall of silence” has developed.

Web:

Web 1: Section 1983 of U.S. Code
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983
Description: Cornell Law School webpage on Section 1983.

Web 2: Blue Wall of Silence
https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/605-blue-wall-of-silence
Description: A curated collection of links.