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To the Point

No Indictment in Police Officer's Chokehold Death

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Recent deaths of young black men by police have resulted in no indictments or public trials. Will police body cameras help restore confidence in the justice system?

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0:34.9

To the Point. Who's accountable for police killings?

0:43.0

Hello again, I'm Orman Alley, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

0:46.9

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

0:49.4

In New York, the medical examiner called a video to killing homicide by chokehold, but the grand jury did not

0:55.2

return an indictment. In Ferguson, there was no video and testimony conflicted, but there's been

1:00.4

nationwide outrage because there was no indictment and no public trial. Now in Cleveland,

1:06.1

troubling new revelations about the white policeman who killed a 12-year-old black boy playing

1:10.6

with a toy gun in a public park.

1:12.7

President Obama wants to outfit cops with body cameras. Will that help restore lost confidence in the justice system?

1:19.6

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