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Eric Garner Case: A former officer says we should sue the police

1,664 views · Published 15 December 2014 · 17:48 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: The Dr Boyce Watkins Black Excellence Channel · 2014 · People & Blogs

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Ken Williams is a former detective with the Brockton, Massachusetts Police Department.  Williams also understands race, the law and many other important matters that most of us think about every single day.  

Williams' work as a wrongful death investigator with Kwillservices.com involves him in quite a few situations in which police engage in the kind of misconduct that should send the perpetrator to prison.  Unfortunately, many of these cases don't result in anyone's incarceration or any serious action that alter the actions of cops we meet every day on the street. 

Williams has invoked the very novel idea of suing police departments under The False Claims Act.  According to Williams, there is a significant financial liability for institutions that take federal funds and engage in any form of discrimination or other action that deviates from the institution's commitment to serve the American taxpayer.  The penalties for violating these laws typically run to roughly three times the amount of federal funds received by the institution.  

Williams claims that the best way to hit police departments across America is to attack their pockets.  He says that by making law enforcement agencies pay a dear price for their discrimination, you'll see a direct modification in their behavior due to the massive financial penalties they might endure from violating the trust of both the federal government and the American public. 

The interview is very interesting, take a look.

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