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law in the end of a policemans nightstick
Title: law in the end of a policemans nightstick
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 2760 | Pages: 11.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
law in the end of a policemans nightstick
Police brutality has been a long lasting problem in the United States since at least 1903 when police Captain Williams of the New York Police Departmen coined the phrase, “There is more law at the end of a policeman’s nightstick than in a decision of the Supreme Court.” In the 1920’s the Wichersham Commission had a number of instances of police brutality. Many of these included the use of the “third degree” (beating to obtain …showed first 75 words of 2760 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2760 total…a few bad apples. Available: HTTP: http//www.walrus.com/users/resist/ndp/282497rockwell.html. 8. Saari, K. (). Police brutality is on the rise. Available: HTTP: http//www.sonomacountyfreepress.org/police/brutality.html. 9. Serrano, R.A. (1991, March 20). L.A. police downplay beating. Los Angeles Times, p. A1 10. U.S. Department of Justice. (1994). National Institute of Justice Research Report: The Role of Police Psychology in Controlling Excessive Force. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Word Count: 2579
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