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[[File: | [[File:1799159 031317-kgo-vallejo-pd-courtesy-Laura-Maldonado-img.jpg|thumb|An act of police brutality in progress.]] | ||
'''Police brutality''' is a term used to describe law enforcement officers, usually police, brutalising suspects and civilians. It usually takes the form of officers using excessive force while arresting suspects, such as beating them or using unlawful methods of restraint, but can escalate to [[torture]] or [[murder]] on occasion. | '''Police brutality''' is a term used to describe law enforcement officers, usually police, brutalising suspects and civilians. It usually takes the form of officers using excessive force while arresting suspects, such as beating them or using unlawful methods of restraint, but can escalate to [[torture]] or [[murder]] on occasion. | ||
Prosecution for police brutality is rare, as police departments and police unions have been known to protect officers who abuse their powers. Even if an officer is disciplined it is more likely that they will be sacked than prosecuted (although some prosecutions have occurred, most famously in the cases of [[Stacey Koon]] and [[Derek Chauvin]]). | Prosecution for police brutality is rare, as police departments and police unions have been known to protect officers who abuse their powers. Even if an officer is disciplined it is more likely that they will be sacked than prosecuted (although some prosecutions have occurred, most famously in the cases of [[Stacey Koon]] and [[Derek Chauvin]]). | ||
In several Western countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, there is a clear link between police brutality and race. Black and minority people are more likely to be victims of police brutality than white people. However, unsurprisingly this is less of | In several Western countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, there is a clear link between police brutality and race. Black and minority people are more likely to be victims of police brutality than white people. However, unsurprisingly this is less of an issue in most white minority countries. | ||
== Signs of police brutality and how to prevent police brutality == | |||
== Notable villains who have committed this act == | == Notable villains who have committed this act == | ||
*[[Carlos Alarcón | * [[Carlos Alarcón]] | ||
*[[Daniel Pantaleo]] | *[[Daniel Pantaleo]] | ||
*[[Derek Chauvin]] | *[[Derek Chauvin]] | ||
*[[Jason Van Dyke]] | *[[Jason Van Dyke]] | ||
*[[Jon Burge | * [[Jon Burge]] | ||
*[[Kimberly Potter]] | *[[Kimberly Potter]] | ||
*[[Michael Slager]] | *[[Michael Slager]] | ||
* [[Stacey Koon]] | |||
*[[Stacey Koon | |||
*[[Tou Thao]] | *[[Tou Thao]] | ||
*[[William Parker]] | *[[William Parker]] | ||
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=== United States === | === United States === | ||
There have been many cases of police brutality in US history, most against African American, Asian American and Native American citizens, immigrants, or protesters at protests. During the mid-50s and early 70s, there was an FBI program called [[COINTELPRO]], which served for the repression and espionage of African-American, communist, feminist organizations or simply dissidents to the government. Even today there are many cases of Native American, and African American civilians (and | There have been many cases of police brutality in US history, most against African American, Asian American and Native American citizens, immigrants, or protesters at protests. During the mid-50s and early 70s, there was an FBI program called [[COINTELPRO]], which served for the repression and espionage of African-American, communist, feminist organizations or simply dissidents to the government. Even today there are many cases of Native American, and African American civilians (Some Occasions Whites, Asians and immigrants) killed or severely tortured by American police officers, such as Rodney King, Tamir Rice, Rayshard Brooks, Loreal Tsingine, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, George Floyd, Angelo Quinto and Joseph Finley Jr., etc. | ||
=== Chile === | === Chile === | ||
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=== Nigeria === | === Nigeria === | ||
In Nigeria, most incidents of police brutality are perpetrated by the [[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]], or SARS. Nigerians have shared both stories and video evidence of how members of SARS engaged in [[kidnapping]], [[murder]], theft, | In Nigeria, most incidents of police brutality are perpetrated by the [[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]], or SARS. Nigerians have shared both stories and video evidence of how members of SARS engaged in [[kidnapping]], [[murder]], theft, rape, [[torture]], unlawful arrests, humiliation, unlawful detention, extrajudicial killings, and extortion in Nigeria. SARS officers have been alleged to profile youths based on fashion choices, mount illegal road blocks and searches, conduct unwarranted temperature checks, arrest without warrant, rape women, and extort young Nigerians for driving exotic vehicles and using iPhones. The unit was disbanded in October 2020 following mass demonstrations. | ||
=== Poland === | === Poland === | ||
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Police brutality became common in Germany following [[Adolf Hitler]]'s rise to power, particularly when [[the Holocaust]] got underway. SS-''Reichsführer'' [[Heinrich Himmler]] established the ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'' as the official police force of Nazi Germany, giving them nearly unlimited power to persecute ideological opponents and "undesirables" of the Nazi regime such as Jews, freemasons, the churches, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other groups defined as "asocial". The Nazi conception of criminality was racial and biological, holding that criminal traits were hereditary, and had to be exterminated to purify German blood. As a result, even ordinary criminals were consigned to [[concentration camp]]s to remove them from the German racial community (''Volksgemeinschaft'') and ultimately exterminate them. | Police brutality became common in Germany following [[Adolf Hitler]]'s rise to power, particularly when [[the Holocaust]] got underway. SS-''Reichsführer'' [[Heinrich Himmler]] established the ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'' as the official police force of Nazi Germany, giving them nearly unlimited power to persecute ideological opponents and "undesirables" of the Nazi regime such as Jews, freemasons, the churches, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other groups defined as "asocial". The Nazi conception of criminality was racial and biological, holding that criminal traits were hereditary, and had to be exterminated to purify German blood. As a result, even ordinary criminals were consigned to [[concentration camp]]s to remove them from the German racial community (''Volksgemeinschaft'') and ultimately exterminate them. | ||
[[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | [[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | ||
[[Category:Vigilante]] | [[Category:Vigilante]] | ||