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Police officers accused of brutal violence often have a history of complaints by citizens

  • Written by Jill McCorkel, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Villanova University
Police officers accused of brutal violence often have a history of complaints by citizensPolice work to keep demonstrators back during a protest in Lafayette Square Park on May 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

As protests against police violence and racism continue in cities throughout the U.S., the public is learning that several of the officers involved in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and...

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