Why is policing in the US so deadly?

The police shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old unarmed Black man killed by an officer during a traffic stop in a suburb of Minneapolis, is raising questions once again about why policing in the US can be so deadly and how other nations do things differently. Host Marco Werman speaks with sociologist Paul Hirschfield from Rutgers University.

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