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police brutality

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Introduction

Police brutality is the use of physical and excessive force by the police officers on the citizens . Such force in some cases involves psychological threats and abusive language . Lately there has been an increase in cases of police brutalities and misconducts in most parts of the world

History

In history , policing has been associated with various cases of brutalities and misconducts . During the ancient times , police officers have been known to use excessive force and rude language in handling

cases mainly involving citizens . This was a normal way in which police dealt with most cases in the past and they operated in such a manner so as to achieve more control over the citizens

Policing which is now almost in every country all over the world was initially introduced in France in the early 17th and 18th century During this time , policing operated by receiving s from the nation state . This form of policing was then adopted by countries that were neighboring France but later on during the 19th and 20th century policing spread to most parts of the world . This resulted to the increase in cases of police brutality with most of the citizens being tortured and harassed by the police officers . Such cases of brutalities were however on the rise whenever the citizens tried to hold a demonstration . For example there were high cases of brutalities witnessed during the Pullman strike of 1874 , Lawrence textile strike (1912 ) and the steel strike (1919...

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