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Police Pushback Against Progressive Prosecutors
Police Pushback Against Progressive Prosecutors

Police Pushback Against Progressive Prosecutors

In different places throughout the country, police are pushing back against the policies of progressive prosecutors. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer tells the story of one such struggle in St. Louis where a detective wouldn't testify in a case. That refusal may have helped a man charged with murder walk free. Email us at considerthis@npr.org

 

In different places throughout the country, police are pushing back against the policies of progressive prosecutors.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer tells the story of one such struggle in St. Louis where a detective wouldn't testify in a case. That refusal may have helped a man charged with murder walk free.

Email us at considerthis@npr.org

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