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police brutality

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police brutality (uncountable)

The use of excessive, unjustified force (typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation) by a police officer while carrying out law enforcement duties.

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If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center. Tupac Shakur

I recognise Santangelo's dad, who saves police brutality for when he gets to his son. Melina Marchetta

I don't want any injustice brought against the bullies. Bullies just don't know any better. Anyone who is crying about police brutality or victimization as an adult needs to stop it and realize the privileges we have in this country. Ariel Pink

There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality. Colin Kaepernick

HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in the largest sense, it's about the whole of society and not just about the hood. Mathieu Kassovitz

A former manager of Upper Class Hotel, Onitsha, Anambra State, demolished in 2013 for alleged kidnapping activities, Dr Justin Nwankwo, on Tuesday appeared before the Anambra State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality. Source: Internet

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