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| Police and Use of Power For more information about police violence and brutality visit the following sites. Read the information included on the sites below then try to answer the following questions.
http://www.nysda.org/Hot_Topics/Police_Misconduct/police_misconduct.html Amnesty International Report on the USA: Race, Rights and Police Brutality http://www.web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/AMR511471999 Stop Police Brutality! http://www.october22.org/ A detailed study and set of recommendations concerning police brutality in a number of major American cities by Human Rights Watch. http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/index.htm A comprehensive page dealing with the Rodney King incident. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/authors_corner/jan-june98/cannon_4-7.html Amnesty International report on police brutality and excessive force in the New York City Police department. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1996/SUM/25103696.htm Fighting Police Abuse: A Community Action Manual http://www.aclu.org/Store/Store.cfm?ID=135&c=11 Controlling Police Use of Excessive Force: The Role of the Police Psychologist http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/ppsyc.txt Abner Louima U.S. v. Volpe, et al. - Federal Indictment in Abner Louima Casehttp://www.courttv.com/legaldocs/newsmakers/louima.html Background and Updates on the ABNER LOUIMA Case http://crime.about.com/library/blfiles/bllouima.htm?once=true& The Abner Louima case: three New York cops guilty in cover-up of torture http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/loui-m09.shtml Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans Police Attack Caught on Camera
Katrina Survivor Alleges Police Brutality
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/katrina/20050927-1404-neworleans.html Police Discrimination (Police and Hate Crimes) The site below contains several tables of survey results showing respondents' confidence in police, perceptions of police honesty, ethical standards, attitudes toward use of force, all by demographic characteristics. After reviewing the survey results summarize any differences in perceptions by race age and sex. Then review the remaining sites.
Information on the case of Jonny Gammage. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pshell/gammage/flyer.html Fighting Police Abuse: A Community Action Manual http://www.aclu.org/Store/Store.cfm?ID=135&c=11 Amnesty International Report on discrimination and brutality in the New York City Police department. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ar99/amr51.htm The status of women in policing. http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=6499 |