Act of Police Brutality
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An Act of Police Brutality is a policing act that is an act of brutality.
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- See: Police Misconduct, Violence, Police.
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/police_brutality Retrieved:2018-7-29.
- Police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct which involves undue violence by police members.
Widespread police brutality exists in many countries and territories, even those that prosecute it. Although illegal, it can be performed under the color of law.
- Police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct which involves undue violence by police members.
2018b
- Rhea W. Boyd. (2018). “Police violence and the built harm of structural racism.” In: The Lancet, Volume 392, ISSUE 10144, P258-259, July 28, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31374-6
- QUOTE: Police killing black Americans is one of the oldest forms of structural racism in the USA. The act traces its roots to slavery. Yet it remains a tool for social control that violates black bodily autonomy, engenders racial inequality in access to public services, and re-inscribes the predominant racial order any time police indiscriminately and extrajudicially take a black life. …
2017
- https://legaldictionary.net/police-brutality/
- QUOTE: The term police brutality refers to the use of unnecessary, or excessive force by police officers when handling civilians. Examples of police brutality can include the use of pepper spray, nerve gas, or batons, though it does not have to be physical abuse or attack. This behavior can extend to such actions as pulling a gun on someone in order to intimidate him, or falsely arresting someone. To explore this concept, consider the following police brutality definition.