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Police brutality is our lane too, doctors say
Some may argue that victims of police brutality do not intersect with the medical system in the same ways that victims of gun violence do. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. A growing body of evidence demonstrates significant associations between police violence and poor health outcomes in Black people. Relative to white people, Black individuals are five times more likely to sustain injuries after police “interventions.” Simply being exposed to videos depicting traumatic killings of unarmed individuals has been associated with depression and PTSD symptoms in Black adolescents.
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After Tyre Nichols Death, Officials’ Moves Reflect a Shift in Handling Police Violence
With cameras nearly everywhere, and residents wary, the authorities are moving faster and speaking critically when officers are accused of beatings.
Police brutality is an unaddressed public health crisis in America
There's a dangerous link between violence against Black Americans and mistrust in medical institutions.
Police brutality must stop
AMA policy recognizes that physical or verbal violence between law enforcement officers and the public, particularly among Black and Brown communities where these incidents are more prevalent and pervasive, is a critical determinant of health and supports research into the public health consequences of these violent interactions.
The Culture of Policing Is Broken
Brutality and dehumanization are deeply embedded in many departments.
What the data say about police brutality and racial bias — and which reforms might work
Some interventions could help to reduce racism and rein in the use of unnecessary force in police work, but the evidence base is still evolving.
What the police really believe
Inside the distinctive, largely unknown ideology of American policing — and how it justifies racist violence.
America’s Protests Won’t Stop Until Police Brutality Does
This country has failed to provide one of the most fundamental protections in the Constitution: the right to life.
Scenes From Police Brutality Protests Around the World
These protests are now a global phenomenon...
An Alternative to the Madness of Proving Police Injustice
The Freddie Gray trials illustrate the inability of criminal prosecutions to halt police brutality.
Believe Without Seeing
National outrage doesn’t necessarily translate to reform.
Cameras on the Police: Checking a Persistent Abuse of Power
Police misconduct has been big news lately. With citizen confidence in law enforcement ebbing away, it may be best for both police and the public if every encounter between the two is witnessed by unblinking eyes.
How Segregation Shapes Fatal Police Violence
So why does black-white residential segregation influence fatal police shootings of unarmed black people? One theory is that segregated black neighborhoods tend to be more heavily policed than others.
In One Perfect Quote, Chris Rock Destroys the Hypocrisy of Police Violence in America
Rock was quick to point out that police brutality against minorities hasn't gotten worse, but has grown more visible thanks to more intensive media coverage and widespread video documentation of questionable incidents. In the sharpest part of the interview, Rock also offered a pessimistic view of the future.
Police Brutality Documentary
Robert A. Harris Sr. (President and C.E.O. of the Youth Prison Prevention Project) speaks to a group of young little league football players on how to conduct themselves when faced with the police.
Police Brutality: Why It’s Not Stopping.
Christian Talk You are here: Home / News / Police Brutality: Why It’s Not Stopping. Police Brutality: Why It’s Not Stopping. July 8, 2016 by Staff Filed under News, Opinion, Weekly Columns Leave a Comment Like First let me say police brutality, specifically against African Americans, can be stopped. There are many lawful solutions in the areas of prevention, intervention and curative solutions that you are already empowered to do. Unlike the approach used by Black Lives Matter, these strategies and methods get results without confrontation, without placing you at unnecessary risk...
Policing the Police
Training, retraining, and yet more training are not the way to stop police brutality.
The Myth of Systemic Police Racism
Hold officers accountable who use excessive force. But there’s no evidence of widespread racial bias.
The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence
By ignoring illegitimate policing, America has also failed to address the danger this illegitimacy poses to those who must do the policing.
Why are US police so prone to violence?
William Terrill, who studies police behaviour at Michigan State University in East Lansing, says the “broken windows” style of policing, in which officers crack down aggressively on minor infractions like fare-dodging and graffiti, may be partly to blame.
Why don’t medical schools teach us to confront racism and police brutality?
Police brutality against people of color persists as a public health concern because as a nation we have a crippled conscience. As a new doctor, I can’t help but feel that my medical education has failed to prepare me to address this crisis in the communities I hope to serve.
Why Most Americans Support the Protests
Never before in the history of modern polling has the country expressed such widespread agreement on racism’s pervasiveness in policing, and in society at large.
Why You Should See Quentin Tarantino Films Several Times
Police organizations want you to boycott The Hateful Eight—not because of its content, but because its maker protested against police brutality. Really.
“Kettling” Protesters in the Bronx
Systemic police brutality and its costs in the United States.
Police brutality is our lane too, doctors say
Some may argue that victims of police brutality do not intersect with the medical system in the same ways that victims of gun violence do. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. A growing body of evidence demonstrates significant associations between police violence and poor health outcomes in Black people. Relative to white people, Black individuals are five times more likely to sustain injuries after police “interventions.”
Black Lives Mastter
#BlackLivesMatter is working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. We affirm our contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.
Communities United Against Police Brutality
Our overriding goal is to create a climate of resistance to abuse of authority by police organizations and to empower local people with a structure that can take on police brutality and actually bring it to an end.
Killed By Police
Corporate news reports of people killed by U.S. law enforcement officers...
Mapping Police Violence
Collects comprehensive data on police killings nationwide to make the case for change.
National Police Accountability Project
The National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) is a non-profit membership organization of plaintiff's lawyers, law students and legal workers dedicated to ending police abuse of authority through coordinated legal action, public education, and support for grassroots and victims' organizations combating police misconduct.
The FreeThoughtProject.com
It is the mission of the Free Thought Project to foster the creation and expansion of liberty minded solutions to modern day tyrannical oppression. We feel that the internet has given way to a revolution of consciousness by providing for the massive and instantaneous exchange of information across the globe.
Unlawful Shield
No one disputes the idea that police misconduct is wrong, but reasonable people do disagree about the scope of the problem and how it ought to be addressed. The purpose of this project is to gather reports of credible allegations of police misconduct so policymakers (and others) can make informed assessments of the nature and circumstances of police misconduct, and consider proposals that can minimize wrongdoing.
Democracy Now
Coverage of police brutality.
Police Brutality Prevention Center
Our non-profit organization is about preventing police brutality. Over 100 people have been killed since 2015 and this subject has been making headlines all over the country. We want to teach young teens about the dangers of the road and educate them about how to be respectable and responsible to authority. Also if teens want to have a career in the police force then we will have a program for them as well.
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