Police brutality in the United States
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Police brutality is the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by personnel affiliated with law enforcement duties when dealing with suspects and civilians. The term is also applied to abuses by corrections personnel in municipal, state and federal penal facilities including military prisons. Highly publicized incidents of police misconduct have adverse effects not only on the victims of abuse but also on public perceptions of the police departments implicated in the incident. As of 2002, the magnitude and longevity of such effects have rarely been investigated.
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See also
- Black Lives Matter
- Gypsy cop
- Human rights in the United States
- Killing of George Floyd
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
- Photography is Not a Crime
- Pitchess motion
- Police brutality against Native Americans
- Police misconduct § United States
- Police riots in the United States
- Proactive policing
- Rough ride
- Torture in the United States § Domestic police and prisons
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