October 9, 2013 8:50AM 

# Police Misconduct — The Worst Case in September 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Over at Cato’s [Police Misconduct web page](http://www.policemisconduct.net/), where we track misconduct stories from around the country, we highlight the worst story each month.

For September, it is the police brutality case of [Christina West](http://www.policemisconduct.net/christina-west/). Not because this case is a particularly unique or rare an occurrence, but because it puts such a visceral image to the problem of police brutality.

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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