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police brutality

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police
noun[plural]
uk /pəˈliːs/ us /pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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brutality
noun[U or C]
uk /bruːˈtæl.ə.ti/ us /bruːˈtæl.ə.t̬i/
behaviour that is very cruel or violent and showing no feelings for others, or an act of ...
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Examples of police brutality


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An interesting example of the novel topics targeted by new human rights organisations is that of policebrutality.
The second issue, potentially more damaging to public order, was alleged army and policebrutality against the women.
Their arrests were greeted with vocal protests about policebrutality.
Central to this concept, for men as well as women, is safety from harm, whether from environmental poisons, poverty, crime, or policebrutality, all dependent on concrete historical circumstances.
Opposition politicians are sent into internal exile within the country, and there are many reports of policebrutality.
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During the protest 11 teachers were arrested and there were allegations of policebrutality.
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Many people associate zero-tolerance policing with policebrutality and the persecution of minorities, but that need not be the case.
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That policebrutality appears to affect members of minority groups disproportionately.
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In such countries, the problem is solved by the use of policebrutality.
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We know about the problem of persistent policebrutality.
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There is then the outcry of policebrutality, all too unfairly.
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It sometimes happens that a policeman is injured and arrests are effected, and the result may he a complaint against policebrutality.
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The six men maintained at trial that the admissions had been secured by means of policebrutality and intimidation.
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That allegations of policebrutality and harassment are repeatedly not vigorously investigated.
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That young boy was released because the judge was absolutely convinced that the confession that the boy had made was under duress of policebrutality.
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There has been a great deal of policebrutality.
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Another issue which has received attention has been the campaign against alleged policebrutality.
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The first is policebrutality.
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We have heard so much in recent weeks of alleged policebrutality that one must in ordinary fairness call attention to the success they have had in controlling potential disorder.
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