The recent high-profile murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others have brought renewed attention to the dangers of police misconduct and the resulting harm to Black and Brown people and communities, in particular. How do we ensure public safety for all, including those harmed by or at risk of harm by police misconduct? And how can we effectively hold police accountable for that misconduct?

This panel on these issues was moderated by Professor Ben Grunwald of Duke Law School and featured Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director of Emancipate NC; Tony Cheng, Author of The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input; and Joanna Schwartz, Author of Shielded, How the Police Became Untouchable.

Sponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, Emancipate NC, the Duke Criminal Defense Clinic, and the Duke chapter of the National Lawyers Guild