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police brutality

use of excessive force by a police officer
Event delict Q1996993
police brutality
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police brutality

Summary

police brutality is a delict[1]. It draws 8,289 Wikipedia views per month (delict category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • police brutality's instance of is recorded as delict[3].
  • police brutality is a type of brutality[4].
  • police brutality is a type of police misconduct[5].
  • police brutality is a type of police violence[6].
  • police brutality is a type of use of force[7].
  • police brutality is part of 1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity[8].
  • police brutality's Commons category is recorded as Police brutality[9].
  • police brutality comprises asphyxia[10].
  • police brutality comprises police brutality in the United States[11].
  • police brutality's significant event is recorded as Great Railroad Strike of 1877[12].
  • police brutality's significant event is recorded as Pullman Strike[13].
  • police brutality's significant event is recorded as 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike[14].
  • police brutality's significant event is recorded as Ludlow Massacre[15].
  • police brutality's significant event is recorded as Steel strike of 1919[16].
  • police brutality's significant event is recorded as Hanapepe massacre[17].
  • police brutality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Police brutality[18].
  • police brutality's described at URL is recorded as https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/police-brutality/[19].
  • police brutality's facet of is recorded as use of force continuum[20].
  • police brutality's facet of is recorded as Law enforcement and society[21].
  • police brutality's facet of is recorded as law enforcement[22].
  • police brutality's facet of is recorded as Protest policing[23].
  • police brutality's facet of is recorded as authoritarianism[24].
  • police brutality's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[25].
  • police brutality's partially coincident with is recorded as prisoner abuse (abus de prisonnier)[26].
  • police brutality's has contributing factor is recorded as blue wall of silence[27].

Body

Context

police brutality is part of 1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity[8]. Its instance of is recorded as delict[3].

Why It Matters

police brutality draws 8,289 Wikipedia views per month (delict category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', '
    Hindustan times topic id → police-brutality
    Babelio subject id → 87331, 551364
    The advocate tag id → police-brutality
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  2. 4w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    New york times topic id → subject/police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings
    Has list → list of killings by law enforcement officers by countries, list of cases of police brutality, list of cases of police brutality by country +3
    Has part(s) → asphyxia, police brutality in the United States
    Significant event → Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Pullman Strike, 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike +3
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  3. 4w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → brutality, police misconduct, police violence +1
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  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → prisoner abuse (abus de prisonnier)
    Euronews topic id → police-violence
    Described by source → Red Blue Translator
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    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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