Police Brutality
Police Brutality | Police Often Overreact to Challenges to Their Authority
About the authors: Deborah Sontag and Dan Barry are staff reporters for the New York Times.
After dropping her young daughter with a baby sitter, Taquana Harris rushed to her hostess job at the fashionable Bowery Bar one night in February 1997, her leopard-print evening gown sweeping elegantly through the dark, icy streets of the East Village. Then a strange woman crudely grabbed her by the arm and demanded to know what she had done with the drugs.
Within seconds, Ms. Harris recalled, she found herself pinned to the steel grating of a bodega by two plainclothes officers...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Is Police Brutality a Serious Problem?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Police Brutality Is a Serious Problem
- Brutality by Federal Law Enforcement Agents Is a Serious Problem
- Police Brutality Against Minorities Is a Serious Problem
- Police Brutality Against Hispanics Is a Serious Problem
- Brutality Against Prisoners Is a Serious Problem
- The Media Downplay Police Brutality
- The Extent of Police Brutality Is Exaggerated
- The Use of Extreme Force Is Sometimes Justified
- Brutality Against Illegal Immigrants Is Exaggerated
- Efforts to Reduce Police Brutality Should Not Interfere with Effective Crime Control
- Media Reports of Police Brutality Are Incomplete
- The Media Overemphasize Police Brutality
- Chapter 2: What Factors Contribute to Police Brutality?
- Chapter 3: How Does Police Brutality Affect Society?
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Chapter 4: How Can Police Brutality Be Reduced?
- Preventing Police Brutality: An Overview
- Radical Changes Are Needed to Counter Police Brutality
- The Police Must Be Subject to Community Oversight
- Civilian Review Boards Must Police the Police
- The Police Must Be Involved in Their Communities
- Public Officials Must Denounce Police Brutality
- The Police Must Be Held Accountable for Their Actions
- Congressional Oversight of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Would Reduce Brutality
- Communities Must Stand Up to the Police
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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