Word: brutalityâ
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...Reddin. "They know that if they did, they'd be prosecuted, and might just wind up in the joint." Undoubtedly, there are more subtle forms of physical abuse?an elbow in the back or a punch in the kidney. But the new worry, as Reddin readily admits, is psychological brutality???the condescending look, or the tone of voice that indicates to a man that he is a suspect merely because of his color, clothes or accent...
...innovation that might go a long way to ease community relations?as well as to disprove many charges of outright brutality???is a civilian board, a kind of ombudsman to review citizen complaints. But police everywhere look upon the notion with undisguised horror as an unwarranted invasion from the outside. "Today," says San Francisco's Chief Tom Cahill, "you cannot even look mean. That may be police brutality...
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