Canceled: Jeff Smith explores ‘Ferguson in Black and White’ March 23
Note: Jeff Smith’s talk has been canceled due to a weather-related travel delay. There are currently no plans to reschedule his presentation.
Jeff Smith, an urban policy professor and former Missouri state senator,
will discuss “Ferguson in Black and White” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23,
in Anheuser-Busch Hall’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom at Washington University in St. Louis.
U.S. vs. Banks ruling a major victory for law enforcement officers; Supreme Court endorsement of no knock policies ‘unsettling,’ says expert
Bracey”The Court’s decision is a tremendous victory for law enforcement officers,” says Christopher Bracey, an expert in the fields of American race relations and criminal procedure and an associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “The 9th Circuit decision, which was reversed by the Supreme Court, would have required officers to consider a multitude of factors when deciding how long to delay execution of a search warrant following the initial knock on the door.” According to Bracey, the only problematic portion of the opinion is the large exception that allows “no knock” forced entries by law officers. “‘No knock’ policies have been controversial for years in part because, historically, ‘no knock’ entries lead to increased claims of police brutality and unnecessary property damage.”