brutality
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Burris said the experience has given him flashbacks to the period before King’s beating and the subsequent protests over police brutality, when officers felt they could act with impunity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Phrenology’s popularity plummeted after the Civil War; Mr. Stob suggests that the conflict’s extreme brutality undercut practical phrenology’s grand aspirations for self-improvement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
In October 2020, she had told him not to go out as widespread anti-police brutality demonstrations, known as the End Sars protests, swept into his area of Lagos, Nigeria's bustling commercial heart.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Ryan Coogler launched his career with an indie look at police brutality in America.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, of confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from ghosts and girded me against the sheer terror of disembodiment.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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