police brutality

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandbrutality

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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brutality
noun[U or C]
uk
/bruːˈtæl.ə.ti/us
/bruːˈtæl.ə.t̬i/
behaviour that is very cruel or violent and showing no feelings for others, or an act of ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandbrutalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An interesting example of the novel topics targeted by new human rights organisations is that ofpolicebrutality.
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The second issue, potentially more damaging to public order, was alleged army andpolicebrutalityagainst the women.
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Their arrests were greeted with vocal protests aboutpolicebrutality.
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Central to this concept, for men as well as women, is safety from harm, whether from environmental poisons, poverty, crime, orpolicebrutality, all dependent on concrete historical circumstances.
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Opposition politicians are sent into internal exile within the country, and there are many reports ofpolicebrutality.
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During the protest 11 teachers were arrested and there were allegations ofpolicebrutality.
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Many people associate zero-tolerance policing withpolicebrutalityand the persecution of minorities, but that need not be the case.
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Thatpolicebrutalityappears to affect members of minority groups disproportionately.
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In such countries, the problem is solved by the use ofpolicebrutality.
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We know about the problem of persistentpolicebrutality.
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There is then the outcry ofpolicebrutality, all too unfairly.
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It sometimes happens that a policeman is injured and arrests are effected, and the result may he a complaint againstpolicebrutality.
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The six men maintained at trial that the admissions had been secured by means ofpolicebrutalityand intimidation.
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That allegations ofpolicebrutalityand harassment are repeatedly not vigorously investigated.
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That young boy was released because the judge was absolutely convinced that the confession that the boy had made was under duress ofpolicebrutality.
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There has been a great deal ofpolicebrutality.
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Another issue which has received attention has been the campaign against allegedpolicebrutality.
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The first ispolicebrutality.
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We have heard so much in recent weeks of allegedpolicebrutalitythat one must in ordinary fairness call attention to the success they have had in controlling potential disorder.
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