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police brutality in the United States

use of excessive force by a police officer in the United States
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police brutality in the United States

Summary

police brutality in the United States has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • police brutality in the United States is in the country of United States[2].
  • police brutality in the United States is a type of police brutality[3].
  • police brutality in the United States is a type of US police violence[4].
  • police brutality in the United States's Commons category is recorded as Police brutality in the United States[5].
  • police brutality in the United States's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Police brutality in the United States[6].
  • police brutality in the United States's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Black Lives Matter[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include police brutality[3] and US police violence[4].

Why It Matters

police brutality in the United States has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Training Day United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Polizeigewalt_in_den_USA
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Polizeigewalt_in_den_USA, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213756510|Polizeigewalt in den USA (#213756510)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/ca"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Police brutality in the United States
    Subclass of → police brutality, US police violence
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Black Lives Matter
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007523760505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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