noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
police brutality/harassment (= when the police hit or threaten people )
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He claims to have witnessed many instances of police brutality.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
police
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The racism, the police brutality and the looting have got to stop.
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President Johnson concerned himself not with police brutality or other grievances of the rioters but the political considerations.
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He said that he had been charged with 10 counts of breaking police regulations by talking to reporters about police brutality .
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Of 52 prosecutions for police brutality , 46 ended in acquittals.
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Foreign Minister Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya resigns in protest at police brutality during pro-democracy demonstrations.
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In addition, the pamphlet discouraged police brutality and described how to obtain federal troops quickly.
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As he spoke, details continued to pour in of demonstrations and police brutality matched only by the harshly-suppressed 1953 uprising.
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That case sparked a nationwide outcry about racial profiling and police brutality .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Civil rights activists were appalled by the brutality of the police.
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The killings were an act of mindless brutality .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About 30 policemen and warders swapped stories during the inaugural meeting about discrimination and brutality in their services.
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By then Saddam's regime was known throughout the world for its brutality and aggression.
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General Leclerc's troops had shown great skill and speed, Gracey said, but much unnecessary brutality .
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He was also concerned that the brutality of political life would hurt me.
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I forgot to add that I noticed your primitive brutality also this morning.
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Milosevic s brutality pushed them to further articulate their goal.
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The sentence was carried out with great brutality , and his head was placed on London Bridge amidst general rejoicing.