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[[File: | [[File:1799159 031317-kgo-vallejo-pd-courtesy-Laura-Maldonado-img.jpg|thumb|An act of police brutality in progress.]]{{Quote|Ya hotshot, wanna get props and be a savior? First show a little respect, change your behavior! Change your attitude, change your plan. There could never really be justice on stolen land! Are you really for peace and equality? Or when my car is hooked, you know you wanna follow me! Your laws are minimal, cause you won't even think about lookin' at the real criminal! This has got to cease, cause we be getting hyped to the sound of da police!|Lyrics from RKS-One, Sound of da Police}} | ||
'''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. | ||
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== Notable villains who have committed this act == | == Notable villains who have committed this act == | ||
*[[Benjamin Monk]] | *[[Benjamin Monk]] | ||
*[[Carlos Alarcón | * [[Carlos Alarcón]] | ||
*[[Daniel Pantaleo]] | *[[Daniel Pantaleo]] | ||
*[[Derek Chauvin]] | *[[Derek Chauvin]] | ||
*[[J. Alexander Kueng]] | *[[J. Alexander Kueng]] | ||
*[[James Palermo]] | *[[James Palermo]] | ||
*[[Jason Van Dyke]] | *[[Jason Van Dyke]] | ||
*[[Jon Burge]] | * [[Jon Burge]] | ||
*[[Jonel Nuezca]] | *[[Jonel Nuezca]] | ||
*[[Kimberly Potter]] | *[[Kimberly Potter]] | ||
*[[Michael Slager]] | *[[Michael Slager]] | ||
*[[Nguyễn Ngọc Loan]] | *[[Nguyễn Ngọc Loan]] | ||
*[[Special Action Forces]] | *[[Special Action Forces]] | ||
*[[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]] | *[[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]] | ||
*[[Stacey Koon]] | * [[Stacey Koon]] | ||
*[[Thomas Lane]] | *[[Thomas Lane]] | ||
*[[Tou Thao]] | *[[Tou Thao]] | ||
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=== United Kingdom === | === United Kingdom === | ||
Police in the United Kingdom have been accused of using excessive force against black suspects and others. Incidents include the death of David Oluwale, a homeless black man who drowned in the River Aire while being chased by police in circumstances that have never fully been established, leading to the prosecution of Geoffrey Ellerker and Kenneth Kitching, both of whom were acquitted of manslaughter but convicted of having beaten Oluwale on several previous occasions. The Battle of Orgreave, the most violent industrial clash in British history, saw strikers badly beaten by police before being prosecuted for riot based on testimony from police officers; the trial eventually collapsed after multiple police officers were found to have lied during the trial. During [[The Troubles]] British police were accused of murdering Irish Republican suspects such as terrorist [[Diarmuid O'Neill]], who was allegedly shot while trying to surrender. Black suspects such as Christopher Alder, Sean Rigg, Roger Sylvester, Kingsley Burrell, Sheku Bayoh, Sarah Reed, Simeon Francis and Dalian Atkinson have died either in police custody or as a result of force used during arrest. The Metropolitan Police have even been officially censured in 2022 for using excessive force after police officers shut down a 2021 vigil commemorating the [[Wayne Couzens|murder of Sarah Everard]] in breach of lockdown restrictions. | Police in the United Kingdom have been accused of using excessive force against black suspects and others. Incidents include the death of David Oluwale, a homeless black man who drowned in the River Aire while being chased by police in circumstances that have never fully been established, leading to the prosecution of [[Geoffrey Ellerker]] and [[Kenneth Kitching]], both of whom were acquitted of manslaughter but convicted of having beaten Oluwale on several previous occasions. The [[Battle of Orgreave]], the most violent industrial clash in British history, saw strikers badly beaten by police before being prosecuted for riot based on testimony from police officers; the trial eventually collapsed after multiple police officers were found to have lied during the trial. During [[The Troubles]] British police were accused of murdering Irish Republican suspects such as terrorist [[Diarmuid O'Neill]], who was allegedly shot while trying to surrender. Black suspects such as Christopher Alder, Sean Rigg, Roger Sylvester, Kingsley Burrell, Sheku Bayoh, Sarah Reed, Simeon Francis and Dalian Atkinson have died either in police custody or as a result of force used during arrest. The Metropolitan Police have even been officially censured in 2022 for using excessive force after police officers shut down a 2021 vigil commemorating the [[Wayne Couzens|murder of Sarah Everard]] in breach of lockdown restrictions. | ||
=== South Africa === | === South Africa === | ||
South African police regularly used police brutality during [[Apartheid]]. Examples include the Sharpeville Massacre, when 69 anti-Apartheid protestors were shot by police, and the killings of a number of protestors during protests in Soweto. Post-Apartheid incidents include the 2013 murder of Mido Macia, when eight police officers later convicted of murder handcuffed a suspect behind their van and dragged him for about 800 metres, and the Marikana Massacre, when striking miners were fired on with rubber bullets, water cannon, stun grenades and tear gas and 34 were shot to death by the South African Police Service. | South African police regularly used police brutality during [[Apartheid]]. Examples include the [[Sharpeville Massacre]], when 69 anti-Apartheid protestors were shot by police, and the killings of a number of protestors during protests in Soweto. Post-Apartheid incidents include the 2013 murder of Mido Macia, when eight police officers later convicted of murder handcuffed a suspect behind their van and dragged him for about 800 metres, and the [[Marikana Massacre]], when striking miners were fired on with rubber bullets, water cannon, stun grenades and tear gas and 34 were shot to death by the South African Police Service. | ||
[[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | [[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | ||
[[Category:Vigilante]] | [[Category:Vigilante]] | ||