police brutality

police brutality

English

April 21, 2001: Police fire tear gas at protesters during the Quebec City Summit of the Americas. The Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP later concluded this constituted "excessive and unjustified force."

Noun

police brutality (uncountable)

1. The use of excessive, unjustified force (typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation) by a police officer while carrying out law enforcement duties.

Translations

use of excessive force by a police officer

Chinese: Mandarin: 警察暴力 (jǐngchá bàolì) Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: poliisiväkivalta Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Spanish: brutalidad policial f, sevicia policial f

See also

• police brutality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia