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Indonesian police to address H
Indonesian police say they will investigate claims its forces have routinely abused people in the central highlands of Papua.
In a report released yesterday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused mobile police brigades of commonly using "excessive, brutal and, at times, lethal force" against civilians.
The report points out only one member of the security forces has faced prosecution over the alleged abuses which include rape, murder and torture.
Indonesia's police chief says he will verify... Read more
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Opinions - Police Brutality
As a call to arms against police living recklessly above the law, demonstrators dressed in black will march from the Mission District to the steps of City Hall Oct. 22 for the 10th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Oppression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
What goes on behind the blue wall is a mystery to most, but too often police are sent away with a slap on the wrist when complications arise, like when Craig Holden, 22, died in the Bayview Police Station after officers used unidentified means to restrain him.
The division between police and civilians is no urban myth. A study by The Internal National Institute of Ethics in 2000 revealed that 79 percent of law enforcement academy recruits nationwide said the “code of silence” exists and 52 percent were accepting of it.
Tyrell Taylor, 18, was shot five times while running from officers in Hunters Point on Sept. 9. Taylor was known as one of five teens brutalized by police in the Bayview Martin Luther King incident of 2000, which is still under investigation.
These are not isolated incidents.
The SFPD’s Statement of Values says, “protection of human life” is its highest priority, providing all the more reason for observing on Oct. 22, because if the “code of silence” exists, it’s up to the public to provide checks and balances to law enforcement.
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