Many States Out of Step with the Constitution on the Use of Force by Police by: José-Antonio Orosco, Ph.D Recently, President Obama held a town hall meeting to address the growing tension between minority communities and police forces after the shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the police officers in Dallas.  He urged police officers to forge trust with communities and recommended better training and more resources. Many groups around the country have been asking for better training programs, mandatory body cameras, and other reforms.  These may indeed help to reduce shootings of civilians, but a deeper concern has to do with the laws surrounding the use of deadly force Read more [...]