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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
It's an insult to the intelligence of all reasonable persons that after numerous occurrences of police brutality, over agressive use of force, and the plain outright murder of innocent civilians, that you still consider them 'isolated' incidences.
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From the DoJ Bureau of Justice Statistics report,
Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2005:
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An estimated 1.6 percent of those who had contact with law enforcement officers during 2005 said the police used force against them or threatened them during their most recent contact –– 4.4 percent of blacks and 2.3 percent of Hispanics said the police used force, compared to 1.2 percent of whites. Four out of five persons who experienced force felt it was excessive.
About 15 percent who experienced force said they were injured. About 17 percent of those against whom force was used acknowledged that they had done something to provoke the officer or officers, such as using threats or resisting arrest.
The findings from this special report are based on the Police-Public Contact Survey, conducted for BJS during the last 6 months of 2005 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
press release: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/cpp05pr.htm
report (pdf): http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cpp05.pdf
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1.6% of citizens who had contact with police said the police used force against them or threatened them.
Yes, I consider 1.6% to be isolated incidents, particularly if you consider of those, 17% said they provoked it by threatening the officer or resisting arrest....and of the police use of force, most was the officer pushing or grabbing the person.
The "numerous occurences" of police brutality or overly excessive use of force is a figment of your imagination.