Baltimore Police are being trained to step in when fellow officers cross the line. Will it...

Baltimore Police are being trained to step in when fellow officers cross the line. Will it prevent misconduct?

About a dozen Baltimore Police officers watch a cellphone video posted to YouTube of people looting a phone store in Seattle. On the screen, two Seattle officers stop a man, take him to the ground and attempt to handcuff him. A crowd forms, and onlookers start shouting at the officers after one puts his knee on the man’s neck. The second officer pushes his colleague’s knee off in response. “We’ve all been in that situation,” where tensions are high and an officer’s actions are heavily scrutinized, Baltimore Police Detective Reginald Jones, a 14-year veteran, tells the class. In those instances, ...

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