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- Police brutality - WikipediaPolice brutality is the excessive use of force by law enforcement. It can be legally defined as a civil rights violation in which officers exercise undue or excessive force against a person. This may include, but is not limited to, physical or verbal harassment, physical or mental injury, property damage, and, in some cases, death.
- Police Violence | Amnesty InternationalThe term “police brutality” is sometimes used to refer to various human rights violations by police. This might include beatings, racial abuse, unlawful killings, torture, or indiscriminate use of riot control agents at protests. Why is police brutality a human rights issue?
- What Is Police Brutality? - The Law DictionaryPolice officers can use nerve gas, batons, pepper spray, and guns in order to physically intimidate or even intentionally hurt civilians. Police brutality can also take the form of false arrests, verbal abuse, psychological intimidation, sexual abuse, police corruption, racial profiling, political repression, and the improper use of tasers.
- Nearly 1,000 instances of police brutality recorded in US ...Nearly 1,000 instances of police brutality recorded in US anti-racism protests An Oregon State Trooper arrests a journalist during a crowd dispersal near the Portland east police precinct on August...
- police brutality in the United States | Definition, History ...Police brutality in the United States, the unwarranted or excessive and often illegal use of force against civilians by U.S. police officers. Forms of police brutality have ranged from assault and battery (e.g., beatings) to mayhem, torture, and murder.
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