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Encyclopedia: Police brutality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, and verbal attacks and threats by police officers. |
 | | Brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct, which include false arrest, intimidation, political repression, surveillance abuse, sexual abuse and police corruption. |
 | | Differences in race, religion, politics, and economic status between police and the citizenry can contribute to the creation of an antagognistic relationship in which a significant portion of the population view the police as oppressors and a significant number of the police view the population as deserving punishment. |
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