Summary
Flip through any newspaper or tune into any nightly newscast and you will almost certainly come across images of an alleged criminal, handcuffed and probably unshaven, being paraded by police before a crush of photographers and cameramen.
It's called a perp walk, a tradition as old as the technology used to burn such images into our collective conscience and one perfected over the years by the police and the media. Law enforcement officials use the perp walk to give themselves a pat on the back, and the press thrives on it for material for the front page or the top of the newscast.See the full content of this document
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'Perp Walks' May Imperil Fair Trial
The practice is troubling for obvious reasons, though: The perp walk serves no discernible public interest other th...
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