A state of mind -- The Case of Kajieme Powell : St. Louis, Missouri : An accidental expert : leveling the playing field -- The Case of Cedrick Chatman : Chicago, Illinois : How the police justify shooting an unarmed suspect in the back -- The deadly force theater : those who make the wheels turn and those who attempt to apply the brakes -- The Case of Dontre Hamilton : Milwaukee, Wisconsin : The thousand-yard stare : how the police use a misunderstood phenomenon to create an illusion of danger -- The Case of Michael Brown : Ferguson, Missouri : The myth of the superhuman black man : how the police weaponize negative stereotypes -- The Case of John Deming Jr. Pleasanton, California : The de-escalation paradox : who responds when it is the police who need to be de-escalated? -- The Case of Anthony Soderberg : Los Angeles, California : Perceptual distortion : how the police strategically see things that are not there and fail to see things that are -- The Case of Michael Dial White County, Tennessee : The vehicle pursuit : Pavlov's bell for a deadly ending -- The Case of Nicholas Dyksma : Columbus, Georgia : Compressional asphyxia : how the police conceal and defend a deadly tactic -- The Case of Isiah Murrietta : Fresno, California : The waistband defense : when the police reach for an excuse -- The Case of Drew Edwards : Maquoketa, Iowa : Excited delirium : a popular excuse with deadly consequences -- The Case of Jorge Ramirez : Bakersfield, California : Contagious fire : when one shoots, they all shoot -- The Case of Tommy Le : Seattle, Washington : How the police can turn anything (even an ink pen) into a deadly weapon -- The Case of Bryan CarrenĖo : Santa Barbara, California : Suicide by cop : the perfect justification for a perfectly unjustified shooting -- The Case of John Cruz Jr. : Edgewater, Colorado : The cost of being expendable -- The Case of George Floyd : Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lessons learned and the path forward.
Summary:
"The job of the exert witness is to offer opinions about a case based on a subjective understanding and analysis of the evidence. It is the nature of litigation that the opposing side will always dispute those opinions and offer their own counter-opinions. The opinions offered in this book about the cases discussed have all previously been disclosed in publicly available expert witness reports and court documents. They are just that, opinions. Only a Judge or Jury can rule on the ultimate issue of guilt or innocence"--Provided by publisher.
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