Rutgers law professor on police reform and Congress' limitations in creating change locally

Alexis Karteron, a  professor of law and the director of the Constitutional Rights Clinic at Rutgers University, says local and federal governments need to pay attention to what’s happening with American policing.

“The federal government doesn’t have the authority to directly regulate all American police departments,” said Karteron on Friday’s edition of “Closer Look.”

Karteron further explained that the federal government can’t mandate police departments to take a certain action, but they can ban actions like chokeholds and require police departments to follow the ban if they want to receive federal funding.