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Gary Peters: “If an officer does something that goes horribly wrong, there…”

Featuring: Gary Peters, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Michigan

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… warrant before they pound down doors of people and invade their personal space, you need to have a warrant for that and to make sure you have proper training. And If an officer does something that goes horribly wrong, there needs to be an independent investigation of that. It can't be within that particular department. States have that. In my home state of Michigan, for example, the policy is if there's a shooting that is investigated and it's not the local department that investigates it, it's the Michigan State Police. (05:35–05:43)

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Asserts the need for independent investigations of federal officers' misconduct.

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