Police and the Limit of the Law
Sekhon, Nirej. Police and the limit of the law. Columbia Law Review, Vol. 119 1713-1774, 2019
The author hypothesized that discriminatory actions labeled against the juvenile, graft cases as well as lack of political goodwill that undermines the concept of transparency and accountability are the indicators of the gross criticisms that are leveled against the law enforcers. They posit that the ills of today are reminiscence to the ills witnessed in the 1960s when the subject of public debate was the municipal police.
Furthermore, they hypothesized that despite the reforms, there had been very little evidence of the effectiveness of the proposed reforms, as can be witnessed by modus operandi in the police sector. The commentators on legal issues assert that the traditional problems are still continuing to be witnessed in the manner the police treat the members of the public. In particular, they point that the Fourth Amendment is still being violated by aggressive police officers. The authors opine that this is also made possible by the freedom enjoyed by the police that makes them have powers to co-opt some rules to suit their course of action.
The research is majorly focused on the police officers and the judicial system of the federal government of the US from the 1960s through to the present times. The sample size is not clearly defined but encompasses the law enforcement units and the judicial system of the US. The respondents have been the victims of the police brutality and violation in the historical injustices committed by the police officers to the civilian. From the study is established that the sovereignty of the police is the main cause of the violation of the members of the public.