Video and Multimedia

Author Video:

Author Introduction: Chapter 8

Author Video: Stop and Frisk

 

Video 1: Fourth Amendment

 

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Video 2: The scars of stop and frisk

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A short documentary film on New York’s stop-and-frisk policing focuses on Tyquan Brehon, a young man in Brooklyn who says he was stopped more than 60 times before age 18.

 

Video 3: Rewriting Miranda

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The U.S. Supreme Court is debating a Florida case that could lead to rewriting the well-known Miranda warning given by law enforcement to suspects stating they have the right to a lawyer.

 

Video 4: Living in a surveillance state

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Events have highlighted, underlined and bolded the fact that the United States is performing blanket surveillance on any foreigner whose data passes through an American entity — whether they are suspected of wrongdoing or not. This means that, essentially, every international user of the internet is being watched, says Mikko Hypponen. An important rant, wrapped with a plea: to find alternative solutions to using American companies for the world's information needs.

 

Video 5: Clarence Earl Gideon

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Clarence Earl Gideon was a poor man arrested for breaking & entering and theft. While in jail after his conviction, he worked hard with a pencil and paper to bring us the right to counsel.