Our enemies in blue
by Kristian Williams · first published 2004
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Let's begin with the basics: violence is an inherent part of policing. The police represent the most direct means by which the state imposes its will on the citizenry. They are armed, trained, and authorized to use force. Like the possibility of arrest, the threat of violence is implicit in every police encounter. Violence, as well as the law, is what they represent. Using media reports alone, the Cato Institute's last annual study listed nearly seven thousand victims of police misconduct in the United States. But such stories of police brutality only scratch the surface of a national epidemic
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…think for the assertion to be true one would have to qualify it to something like 'policing as we know it today, and especially in America'. One book I've read and can recommend is Kristian Williams' _Our Enemies in Blue: Policing and Power in America_: http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=9D2D33DF1F3616A04B72F4D4...
on “Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices [pdf]” ↗…policing (in particular, in the UK and the US), come back to me, and then try to say that with a straight face. A good source (ignore the inflammatory title and focus on the quality of references) is "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America" by Kristian Williams.
on “FBI may shut down police use-of-force database due to lack of police involvement” ↗