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	Police brutality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers.
		Brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct which include; false arrest, intimidation, racial profiling, political repression, surveillance abuse, sexual abuse, and police corruption.
		Police are employed by society to maintain order but by dealing largely with disorderly elements of the society, some people working in law enforcement may gradually develop an attitude or sense of authority over society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Police_brutality (1175 words)

	Police brutality: causes
		Because police officers do make honest human mistakes, often as a result of allowing personal bias or emotion to influence their actions, and because they are permitted, as a last resort, to use potentially lethal force, police are subjected to intense scrutiny.
		Police officers rely primarily on instinct and as long as their basic intention is to promote good and not evil, citizens need to trust that an officer’s instincts are generally correct.
		While exploitative media coverage of police brutality helps to fuel a lack of trust on the part of many citizens, it is important that citizens are aware of their right to prosecute in legitimate cases.
	tn.essortment.com /policebrutality_rken.htm (1070 words)

	Communities United Against Police Brutality - WhatWeBelieve
		Communities United Against Police Brutality defines police brutality as the use of excessive or unnecessary force by police officers with the purpose or expectation of causing death, bodily harm or mental harm to a human being.
		Although a majority of recent Minnesota police killings take place in a broader context of the nationwide epidemic of police violence and race profiling, where victims are predominantly people of color, police brutality respects no boundaries.
		Police must be held accountable for their actions and we must demand new laws and prosecution of police who brutalize people.
	www.charityadvantage.com /CUAPB/WhatWeBelieve.asp (616 words)

	Police brutality - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Police brutality with respect to certain social groups can in some cases be disproportionate or be perceived to be disproportionate.
		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.
		Umbrella organizations including the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation and justice committees (usually named after a deceased individual or those victimized by police violence) usually engage in a solidarity of those affected.
	www.voyager.in /Police_brutality (395 words)

	Police Brutality in the U.S.
		Police have engaged in unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal chokings, and unnecessarily rough treatment.
		In Detroit and Washington, D.C., for example, police officials acknowledged that the problems identified in the report were serious and that reforms were needed.
		The speech acknowledged the problem of police abuse and poor accountability, but she failed to insist on improvements from police officials.
	www.hrw.org /about/initiatives/police.htm (883 words)

	WowEssays.com - Police Brutality
		Police Brutality is anything from harassment from a police officer to being murdered by one.
		A police officer is at half risk of death and injury on the job than is a farmer, truck driver or logger and considerably less than a heavy-construction worker, roofer or coal miner.
		Perhaps being a police officer can at times be a dangerous job, but most of the time, violence is used by police because of personal feelings towards the person.
	www.wowessays.com /dbase/af4/bth247.shtml (1157 words)

	Police Brutality
		The use of excessive force by the police was brought to the forefront in 1991 by the Rodney King beating.
		There are some, however, who question whether police brutality is indeed a serious problem or just a minor problem exaggerated by the media and others for political reasons.
		Is police brutality in the minority community over emphasized by the media in contrast to the violent crimes posing a real threat to the community?
	faculty.valenciacc.edu /ckatz/pathfinders/police_brutality.htm (391 words)

	USA: Race, rights and police brutality
		Police officers are increasingly called upon to deal with mentally ill or emotionally disturbed individuals, a task which Amnesty International recognizes can be difficult and dangerous at times.(20) Some police departments have introduced special programs to train officers to respond to such situations to reduce the incidence of unnecessary force or injury.
		Police officers reportedly hit students with batons as they were lying on the ground and sprayed pepper spray at close range into several students' faces as well as in arcs across the crowd.
		Police departments should be required to keep detailed records on the use of force and to report publicly at regular intervals, providing statistical data on shootings and other use of force, in-custody deaths and injuries.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/usa/document.do?id=133746465C2D34CA8025690000692D98 (11573 words)

	Spotlight on police brutality
		Two weeks after it occurred, the beating has pushed the issue of police brutality to the forefront of the criminal justice debate nationwide.
		Although several national organizations, including the National Association of Chiefs of Police and the Police Foundation in Washington, monitor law enforcement issues and compile statistics on police practices, none keeps complete statistics on complaints against the police by citizens.
		Police and eyewitness accounts of the moments after the chase ended and the beating began are in conflict, with the police accusing the motorist of resisting arrest.
	www.prop1.org /legal/prisons/kinga1.htm (676 words)

	Police Brutality
		Among the speakers at the summit was Bob Perry an attorney, who said "that the only way really to end police brutality and profiling is to report any and every case." Many people at the summit were not beaten, whipped, or even physically hurt but expressed their views of police corruption very seriously.
		Many things were accomplished at the meeting such as, letters were forwarded to the New York City Police commissioner stating that enough is enough and racial profiling and police brutality will not be accepted.
		One attendee of the meeting was Jerry Johnson who stated "police officers should be here to address the issues of the concerned public." I do think that the New York Police Department is corrupt but unfortunately i don't know how corrupt, Ms.
	www.harlemlive.org /community/activist/policebrutality/police.html (308 words)

	Call for a National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality
		From Los Angeles, where the L.A.P.D. is engulfed in the largest police scandal in U.S. history, to New York where the courts allowed the cops who gunned down Amadou Diallo in a hail of 41 bullets to walk free and a wave of police killings followed close on the heels of this shameful verdict.
		Police and other law enforcement agents continue to brutalize and murder people at alarming rates and are still almost never punished by the courts.
		While killer cops continue to go free, family members of police murder victims, witnesses in police brutality cases, activists, attorneys, and others have been harassed, physically attacked and arrested in retaliation for their opposition to police brutality.
	www.refuseandresist.org /ndp/071400oct22.html (1059 words)

	Examining the Cycles of Police Brutality and Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cycles of police brutality and reform extend back to 19th-century New York City and repeat themselves despite high-profile reports and blue-ribbon commissions.
		One of the things that became clear to me pretty early on was that outbreaks of public concern about brutality were usually tied to corruption, or at least allowed [brutality] to become a public issue.
		If police were being corrupt as well as brutal, then brutality could be condemned.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/rvp/pubaf/03/police.html (410 words)

	Press Statement: Police Brutality on Special Assignment - An Isolated Incident? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Indeed, it is our view that this video recording of extreme police brutality (strikingly similar to previous video footage of police beating a dying suspect which was recently screened by the BBC) indicates that such brutality - although not universally practiced by all police - is more normative within the SAPS than is acknowledged.
		Such police brutality is not the exclusive preserve of white policemen.
		Alongside it research on police reform, police corruption and police brutality in South Africa, and into xenophobia and violence against foreigners in our country, the CSVR also provides free psychological counselling services to victims of all forms of violence.
	www.csvr.org.za /prpolice.htm (586 words)

	Massachusetts Police Brutality
		American police have killed more with bullets than have been killed in all the wars and terrorist attacks since Vietnam.
		American police have killed more people with bullets since 2000 than were killed in the terrorist attacks of 911.
		The United States spends $300 billion a year on police, criminal litigation, and prisons.
	www.massbrutality.org (82 words)

	Police Brutality
		Police beat and sprayed demonstrators withplastic bullets and pepper spray.
		While cops that kill continue to go free,family members of police murder victims, witnesses in police brutality cases,activists, attorneys, and others have been harassed, physically attacked andarrested in retaliation for their opposition to police brutality.
		No more to police brutality, to repression and to the criminalizationof a generation.
	www.change-links.org /oct22.htm (980 words)

	Phoenix Copwatch-Stop Police Brutality
		Cases of police brutality that tend to get media coverage are those that involve deaths.
		These people were ordinary folks who faced the police for various reasons, but all were subject to the judge, jury and executioner mentality of the police officers that shot them.
		Cases of police brutality that do not involve shooting are rarely or never covered by the media, so we don't hear about them.
	www.phoenixcopwatch.org (432 words)

	Phoenix Copwatch-Stop Police Brutality
		As a pair of Phoenix police officers questioned two Hispanic men in the store's parking lot, Kramer and friends got within 25 feet of the situation and announced their presence to the cops.
		Kramer declared loudly that the group, all clad in neon orange T-shirts with "Copwatch: Stop Police Brutality" printed across the front, was present to observe the situation and guarantee the suspects' rights were being protected.
		Mesa police officers shot and killed the 15-year-old, who held a knife and reportedly ignored repeated commands to drop his weapon.
	www.phoenixcopwatch.org /statepress1.html (1340 words)

	Police Brutality
		The police hide behind a line of thin blue lies and full government support to brutalize, gather intelligence about the masses and community activists, label, blame and divide people; with their power and seemingly limitless authority to dispense street justice, they try to make that line an ocean of divisiveness.
		They DO treat people in the struggle as responsible adults who are capable of taking responsibility for their own actions, and they recognize that when disenfranchised people are angry and tired of being brutalized with the full support of the political system, they will sometimes rise up and resist their oppression.
		To boycott O22 would be to legitimize the power and the right of the police to control this city by force and subterfuge.
	www.change-links.org /Oct22response.htm (1589 words)

	Dont' Obey Lyrics and Notes
		It is understood police attempted to disperse the crowd with a squadron of low-flying aircraft before drafting in extra reinforcements.
		On September 11, police loaded him into the back of a car and a Captain Siebert began the 740-mile drive across South Africa to another prison, removing him from the community to which he had been confined by his banishment orders.
		Police claimed his death was the result of an extended hunger strike.
	www.cattailmusic.com /Lyrics/DontObey.htm (4774 words)

	New York Police Brutality Lawyers - Brooklyn Police Brutality Attorneys - Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro
		Incidences of police brutality have made headlines of newspapers and the evening new for many years.
		Other people who have been affected by police brutality are peaceful protesters, innocent onlookers, prisoners, and people in police custody.
		Ultimately, there are many people affected by police brutality each year, including the relatives, friends, and associates of the victims.
	www.wrslaw.com /pa_police_brutality.html (591 words)

	Copwatch Statement on Phoenix Police Brutality :: Phoenix Anarchist Coalition :: Your radical community for the Phoenix ...
		The fact that this brutality was videotaped and aired on television is the only thing that separates it from many other incidents of police brutality.
		We believe that police harassment and brutality is especially widespread in communities of color and that this is due to the long history of white supremacy in this country.
		Letting the police know that their actions will be under review by the community can help prevent future brutality from occurring.
	www.phoenixanarchist.org /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=352&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (469 words)

	Urban Dictionary: Police Brutality
		The day before this definition was posted, it emerged a london police officer who deliberately drove his car at an innocent member of the public inflicting serious injuries, was only fined 17 days pay, kept his job, and faced no criminal charges.
		Police Brutality is the use of excessive force by police officers.
		Police Brutality is not necessarily confined to innocent victims.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=Police+Brutality&defid=731905 (382 words)

	Communities United Against Police Brutality - HomePage
		Communities United Against Police Brutality is a Twin-Cities based organization that was created to deal with police brutality on an ongoing basis.
		We provide support for survivors of police brutality and families of victims so they can reclaim their dignity and join the struggle to end police brutality.
		The MN legislature passed a new law in the last session that criminalizes so-called "false" reporting of police brutality.
	www.charityadvantage.com /CUAPB (177 words)

	CNN.com - Rodney King reluctant symbol of police brutality - March 2, 2001
		LOS ANGELES, California -- Rodney King became a reluctant symbol of police brutality a decade ago when amateur photographer George Holliday provided evidence that was hard to ignore.
		The videotape Holliday shot showed several white Los Angeles police officers using their batons to beat King, who had led them on a car chase after they tried to stop him for speeding, was broadcast around the world.
		Christopher said recently that the report had significant results in strengthening the city's civilian police commission, limiting the police chief's term and creating the office of inspector general.
	www.cnn.com /2001/LAW/03/02/beating.anniversity.king.02/index.html (1490 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Police Brutality Caught On Tape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Police said he made an unlawful turn on red.
		Qadri's attorney says the criminal charges filed against him in the alleged incident were dropped after this tape was released as evidence in the case.
		A short time ago, the Evanston Police Department issued this response to the allegations: Shortly after the March 2004 event, the Department referred the matter to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office of Professional Standards.
	www.cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_246174341.html (487 words)

	IOL: Swaziland's democrats claim police brutality
		The political crisis in Swaziland may be coming to a head after members of People's United Democratic Movement (Pudemo) suffered serious injuries in a clash with the police during what was supposed to be a peaceful 21st anniversary celebration for their party.
		The police said the reason the Pudemo members were beaten was because they had provoked them, which Masuku dismissed as a lie.
		While Mario Masuku insists that members of his party were not armed, Vusi Masuku of the police maintains that Pudemo members were armed with catapults and stones, which they threw at police.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=vn20040717130918986C705051 (693 words)

	Prague S26: arrests and police brutality
		The police are reporting that of that 859 around 200 are not Czech citizens.
		Police using water cannons, tear gas, CS gas, rubber bullets, flash-bangs (stun grenades) in large quantities, baton charges against peaceful protestors, as well as pitch battles with tooled up Spanish/Italian affinity clusters
		Hardly any police on streets of Prague old town from about 1800-2200 hrs, when extensive damage caused to banks and fast food outlets (yes, including lots of McDonalds), mainly around avenues that were focus for 1989 Velvet Revolution - lots of Czechs involved in this.
	www.urban75.com /Action/news123.html (722 words)

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