In the wake of grand juries not indicting the police officers involved in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and the choking death of Eric Garner in New York City, the actions of police officers are receiving intense public scrutiny.
On this edition of Up to Date, Steve Kraske and the Ethics Professors look at the question of whether police officers are too often given the benefit of the doubt.
Guests:
- Wayne Vaught is the dean of the UMKC College of Arts and Sciences, as well as a professor of Philosophy, Medicine, and Bioethics.
- Clancy Martin is a Philosophy professor at UMKC, and a professor of Business Ethics at the Bloch School of Management.
- Ken Novack is the Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at UMKC.
