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Video doesnt guarantee civil rights charges

ecutors follow that trend,
Prosecuting police requires higher standard by law
declining to prosecute
96 percent of 185 civil rights
shooting an unarmed, fleeing
justice
black man in the back as
one of the most distressing

byANDREW CONTE
AND bRIAN bOWLING
Second in an
occasional series
Modern video technology
collides with a post-Civil War
law and a 1945 Supreme Court
ruling when it comes to pros-
ecuting police officers for
assaulting and killing
unarmed suspects.
Videos record actions, but
do not always demonstrate
whether an officer willfully
intended to violate someones
civil rights, prosecutors and
legal experts said.
Theres no question in any records found that Depart-
particular case if we have a
video, it might be very, very
strong evidence of a crime,
said Steve Kaufman, chief of
the criminal division for the
U.S. Attorneys Office for West- United States and its territo-
ern Pennsylvania in Pitts-
burgh. ... But we sometimes
have to decline cases that have
video if the video doesnt
show that a crime occurred.
A Tribune-Review inves-
tigation of nearly 3 million
ment of Justice prosecutors
declined to bring charges
in 96 percent of civil rights
complaints against law en-
forcement officers across the
ries between 1995 and 2015.
Western Pennsylvania pros-
FOR some
complaints involving police examples.
officers, the Trib found. Yet civil rights cases against
As small, high-quality police officers are hard to
cameras have become ubiq- prosecute, said Craig Futter-
uitous on every smartphone,
man, a law professor at the MORE AT
video has become a larger
factor in the public demanding
University of Chicago who TribLIVE.
founded the Civil Rights and com:
accountability from police- Police Accountability Project
involved incidents across the Smartphone
there.
country. Prosecutors have declined to video of Millvale
David Hickton, the U.S. officer tasering
charge officers or have failed
Attorney for Western Penn- handcuffed
to convince a jury of the
sylvania, cited an April 2015 suspect.
officers intent, he said.
video of a white police officer Day 1 of series.
in North Charleston, S.C., CIVIL RIGHTS A4

Trump
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for chaos
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that when the NCAA Tournament comes rivals argue
around, we change our focus. The study says WIRE REPORTS

we start spending more, wasting more ... and ORLANDO A Republican

drinking more. Some March Madness facts presidential race that has been
to consider as you prepare to watch: dominated by economic anxiety
and outsider politics heads toward
important primaries Tuesday

$1.9 billion
Hourly losses by
$9 billion
companies because of
unproductive workers
during the tournament
Estimated amount
under the cloud of a troubling new
issue: the prospect of violence.
The violence that has marred
wagered on the Donald Trump rallies has put the
2015 tournament, Republican front-runner on the
defensive as rivals argue that his
$7 billion illegally rhetoric is encouraging chaos and
Pitts Michael Young mayhem.
Were not provoking. We want

81% 2 times
peace. ... We dont want trouble, he

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told a large crowd in Bloomington,
Ill., the first of two comparatively
Easier to win
DANCI docile events Sunday as he cam-

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professionals say back-to-back paigns ahead of a critical slate of
their companies Mega Millions large-state primaries.
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TS NO. 10 Trumps opponents during the
about office pools perfect bracket
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Barrels of American beer produced each gates, told NBCs Meet The Press
March. On average, 14 million barrels on Sunday that its wrong for pro-
are produced in all other months. testers to try to shut down Trump
rallies, but at the end of the day
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Tink! lifts Greensburg Schools innovate around behavior

teacher to NYC festival as suspensions grow too frequent
by ELIZAbETH bEHRMAN removed from the classroom, he
Performing arts school His dream was to teach, to help
those kids feel the same excite-
said, but school staff take more
Saying the F-word during time to consider the circumstanc-
founders musical chosen ment he felt each time he stepped class used to mean an automatic es before making a decision about
onto a stage. out-of-school suspension for stu-
whether its worth kicking that
by DEbRA ERDLEy In the back of his mind, he dents in Woodland Hills.
student out of school.
thought a few of them might rise to Not anymore.
Anthony Marinos story began PHIL WILSON | FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW Education advocates have been
greatness, to ply their craft on the Its 2016, said Superintendent
nearly two decades ago in a rented Marino: We had the opening taking a hard look at suspen-
Alan Johnson. That shouldnt get
Greensburg studio with 12 kids biggest stage of all in New York. at the Palace, and people were really, you suspended. sion numbers after national data
who loved to dance, sing and act. STAGE RIGHT A5 really affected by it. Cursing will get the student SUSPENSION A5

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