Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
Benjamin SpockTags: class racism police police-brutality
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
Malcolm XTags: power violence force resistance solidarity police-brutality
I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to heaven
You find no policeman there
Tags: social-commentary government hobos police-brutality
But we don't have to react. That's what I'm saying. A police force, like a government, should be above that. Just because we're provoked doesn't mean we have to act. -- Still Life
Louise PennyTags: government restraint police-brutality
There were no passing cars to call out to. You couldn’t call for help from a police car, anyway; he didn’t think you could.
Dorothy B. HughesTags: power racism police police-brutality
[W]hile the use of non-lethal weapons such as tasers and LEDIs may not necessarily reduce the number of civilian casualties, they have been largely accepted as the humane alternative to deadly force because they make the use of force appear far less dramatic and violent than it has in the past.
Contrast, for instance, the image of police officers beating Rodney King with billy clubs as opposed to police officers continually shocking a person with a taser. Both are severe forms of abuse. However, because the act of pushing a button is far less dramatic and visually arresting than swinging a billy club, it can come across as much more humane to the general public. This, of course, draws much less media coverage and, thus, less bad public relations for the police.
Tags: injustice perspective violence police police-brutality taser non-lethal-weapons
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