Professor David Schultz, our own “legal eagle,” from Hamline University and the University of Minnesota Law School, sits down with host Steve Francisco to discuss his new report, The Price of Injustice. This report reveals that Minnesota paid out an estimated $60.7 million for alleged police misconduct over a ten-year period from 2010 to 2020.
The City of Minneapolis alone paid out an estimated $36.5 million. Professor Schultz explains that his new report is “neither pro- nor anti-police” but is meant to reveal the scope of payments. He also notes that total allegations of misconduct by police are small when compared to millions of police-citizen interactions over the decade studied.
He also calls for legislation to mandate reporting about police misconduct in a standardized format to help policymakers address this issue.
