Editing Civil rights movement (section)

=== Opposition to police brutality ===
Organizers from the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] and the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] confronted police violence with sit-ins at precinct stations and pickets outside department headquarters, and by blocking traffic to bring attention to officer misdeeds. In return, activists found themselves the targets of political repression in the form of pervasive police surveillance, infiltration by undercover officers, and retaliatory prosecutions aimed at discrediting their movement. Many civil rights leaders—including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], [[Ella Baker]], [[James Forman]], [[Fannie Lou Hamer]] and [[John Lewis]]—criticized police brutality in writing and speeches at various points.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Joshua Clark |url= |title=Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2025 |location=Princeton, N.J. |publication-date=2025 |isbn=9780691238838}}</ref>