Summary
If former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s case for the death of George Floyd goes to trial, there will be this one, controversial legal principle looming over the proceedings: The reasonable officer.
In this episode, we explore the origin of the reasonable officer standard, with the case that sent two Charlotte lawyers on a quest for true objectivity, and changed the face of policing in the US.
This episode was produced by Matt Kielty with help from Kelly Prime and Annie McEwen.
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| 0:00.0 | Wait, you're listening. |
| 0:07.0 | Okay. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm listening to Radio Lab. |
| 0:12.0 | Radio Lab. |
| 0:13.0 | From WNYC. |
| 0:14.0 | You see? |
| 0:15.0 | You see? |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:17.0 | Okay, I'm Chad Abumarab. |
| 0:21.0 | This is Radio Lab. |
| 0:22.0 | It has been an intense week. |
| 0:26.0 | It's just a horrible, hard, difficult week. |
| 0:33.0 | Okay, okay, okay, okay. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm okay. |
| 0:43.0 | I felt like the world cracked open, to be honest. |
| 0:47.0 | Protest around the world. |
| 0:49.0 | Violence. |
| 0:50.0 | Just some really shocking moments. |
| 0:54.0 | But also, and this is what I don't want to lose sight of, |
| 0:58.0 | moments of stillness, and respect, and silence. |
| 1:03.0 | I want to have a moment of silence for George Floyd. |
| 1:06.0 | Take a name. |
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