Hostin is a proponent of body cameras, but says that that’s not enough. She believes polices officers need both bias training and escalation of force training, which can help them better determine the danger a suspect poses to them.
“I also do think there should be a special prosecutor assigned to each and every case that involves an officer-related shooting. There has to be a a movement around the country where we have legislation to make this happen.”
Unfortunately, assigning a special prosecutor is not mandated by law. In many cases, the governor is the one that makes the decision to appoint one. In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon refused community concerns and did not appoint one in the Wilson case. Hostin references the Trayvon Martin case, where Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey brought the charges herself, thus getting a trial, if not a conviction, for George Zimmerman.
As prosecutors are sometimes voted in, rather than appointed as Hostin was, it also makes sense that they would be loyal to those who supported them, oftentimes police unions. So there are no easy or quick solutions.
A native New Yorker herself, Hostin says that she’s personally saddened by the Garner decision.
“Aren’t we all disgusted and frustrated? We can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t believe this is happening in these United States. Where are we as a country where you can see a man die on videotape, you can see a man taken down on video and it just doesn’t seem to matter.”
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Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sunny Hostin On No Indictment In Eric Garner Choke Hold Case was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
