Editing Police brutality (section)

== Global prevalence ==
[[File:NSW police use illegal pain hold on activist at University of Sydney.JPG|thumb|[[Australia]]n police using an illegal pain hold on an activist at the [[University of Sydney]] in 2012]]
* The [[Amnesty International]] 2007 report on human rights also documented widespread police misconduct in many other countries, especially countries with [[authoritarian]] regimes.<ref name="Amnesty 2007">{{cite web |title=Amnesty International Report 2007 |url=http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Homepage |publisher=Amnesty International |year=2007 |access-date=8 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807192225/http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Homepage |archive-date=7 August 2007}}</ref>
* In the UK, the reports into the death of New Zealand teacher and anti-racism campaigner [[Death of Blair Peach|Blair Peach]] in 1979 was published on the Metropolitan Police website on 27 April 2010. They concluded that Peach was killed by a police officer, but that the other police officers in the same unit had refused to cooperate with the inquiry by lying to investigators, making it impossible to identify the actual killer.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
* In the UK, [[Death of Ian Tomlinson|Ian Tomlinson]] was filmed by an American tourist being hit with a baton and pushed to the floor as he was walking home from work during the [[2009 G-20 London summit protests]]. Tomlinson then collapsed and died. Although he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, the officer who allegedly assaulted Tomlinson was released without charge. He was later dismissed for [[gross misconduct]].<ref>{{cite news |title = Ian Tomlinson case: PC Simon Harwood sacked for gross misconduct |date = 17 September 2012 |url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/sep/17/simon-harwood-sacked-gross-misconduct |last = Walker |first = Peter |newspaper = The Guardian |access-date = 6 August 2013 |archive-date = 22 December 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191222132536/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/sep/17/simon-harwood-sacked-gross-misconduct |url-status = live}}</ref>
* In the UK, in 2005, a young Brazilian man was arrested and shot by Metropolitan Police in Central London. The man, Jean Charles Menezes, died later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/2005/08/23/Foreign/amendez.html |title=Dispatch Online - Your premier Eastern Cape news site |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109143617/http://www.dispatch.co.za/2005/08/23/Foreign/amendez.html |accessdate=2022-05-20 |archive-date=9 January 2009}}</ref>
* In Serbia, police brutality occurred in numerous cases during protests against [[Slobodan Milošević]], and has also been recorded at protests against governments since Milošević lost power.{{citation needed|date=June 2011}} The most recent case was recorded in July 2010, when five people, including two girls, were arrested, handcuffed, beaten with clubs, and mistreated for one hour. Security camera recordings of the beating were obtained by the media and public outrage when released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=06&nav_category=16&nav_id=443501 |title=Policija brutalno tukla i devojke |work=B92.net|date=7 June 2010 |access-date=2 October 2015 |archive-date=4 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004160546/http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=06&nav_category=16&nav_id=443501 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Hronika/197194/Policija-nas-tukla--bez-razloga |title=Blic Online – Policija nas tukla bez razloga |work=Blic |date=7 July 2010 |access-date=2 October 2015 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003203417/http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Hronika/197194/Policija-nas-tukla--bez-razloga |url-status=live}}</ref> Police officials, including [[Ivica Dačić]], the Serbian minister of internal affairs, denied this sequence of events and accused the victims "to have attacked the police officers first". He also publicly stated that "police [aren't] here to beat up citizens", but that it is known "what one is going to get when attacking the police".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=07&nav_id=443903|title=Dačić: Policija nije tu da bije |work=B92.net |date=7 July 2010 |access-date=2 October 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045408/http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=07&nav_id=443903 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Episodes of police brutality in India include the [[Rajan case]], the death of Udayakumar,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/04/stories/2005100419970300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110190836/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/04/stories/2005100419970300.htm |url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2012 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Police question forensic experts |date=4 October 2005}}</ref> and of Sampath.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/17/stories/2011051755890500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521225829/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/17/stories/2011051755890500.htm |url-status=dead|archive-date=21 May 2011 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Sampath case: 4 police officers to turn approvers |date=17 May 2011}}</ref>
* Police violence episodes against peaceful demonstrators appeared during the [[Anti-austerity movement in Spain|2011 Spanish protests]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/27/spanish-protesters-clash-with-police Spanish police clash with protesters over clean-up] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232019/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/27/spanish-protesters-clash-with-police |date=24 February 2017}} – ''The Guardian''</ref><ref>[http://www.publico.es/espana/378668/los-mossos-d-esquadra-desalojan-a-palos-la-plaza-de-catalunya Los Mossos d'Esquadra desalojan a palos la Plaza de Catalunya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203112815/http://www.publico.es/espana/378668/los-mossos-d-esquadra-desalojan-a-palos-la-plaza-de-catalunya |date=3 December 2011}} – Público {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube |id=Geg_6Xoy04s |title=Indignats – Desallotjament de la Plaça Catalunya}}</ref> Furthermore, on 4 August 2011, Gorka Ramos, a journalist of ''Lainformacion'' was beaten by police and arrested while covering 15-M protests near the Interior Ministry in Madrid.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/05/spanish-police-clash-austerity-protesters Spanish riot police clash in Madrid with anti-austerity protesters] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319114219/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/05/spanish-police-clash-austerity-protesters |date=19 March 2017}} – ''The Guardian''</ref><ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/08/05/comunicacion/1312558334.html Los periodistas, detenidos y golpeados al cubrir las manifestaciones del 15-M] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104112837/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/08/05/comunicacion/1312558334.html |date=4 November 2011}} – El Mundo {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.publico.es/espana/390284/doce-policias-para-detener-a-un-periodista Doce policías para detener a un periodista] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107044855/http://www.publico.es/espana/390284/doce-policias-para-detener-a-un-periodista |date=7 November 2011}} – Público {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://videos.lainformacion.com/asuntos-sociales/gorka-ramos-me-tiraron-al-suelo-me-patearon-y-luego-me-detuvieron_mKeinSMbGcQSEzMAbwP8V/ Gorka Ramos: "Me tiraron al suelo, me patearon y luego me detuvieron"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512095239/http://videos.lainformacion.com/asuntos-sociales/gorka-ramos-me-tiraron-al-suelo-me-patearon-y-luego-me-detuvieron_mKeinSMbGcQSEzMAbwP8V/ |date=12 May 2013}} – Lainformación {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.elpais.com/videos/espana/policia/detiene/periodista/Gorka/Ramos/elpvidnac/20110805elpepunac_1/Ves/ La policía detiene al periodista Gorka Ramos] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105231316/http://www.elpais.com/videos/espana/policia/detiene/periodista/Gorka/Ramos/elpvidnac/20110805elpepunac_1/Ves/ |date=5 November 2011}} – El País {{in lang|es}}</ref> A freelance photographer, Daniel Nuevo, was beaten by police while covering demonstrations against the Pope's visit in August 2011.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130423183742/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/8711224/Spanish-police-officer-slaps-g--~~~~irl-during-Pope-protests.html Spanish police officer slaps girl during Pope protests] – ''The Telegraph''</ref><ref>[http://www.publico.es/espana/392134/la-policia-golpea-a-un-fotografo-y-a-una-joven La policía golpea a un fotógrafo y a una joven] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209003923/http://www.publico.es/espana/392134/la-policia-golpea-a-un-fotografo-y-a-una-joven |date=9 December 2011}} – Público {{in lang|es}}</ref>
* In Brazil, incidents of police violence have been well-reported and Brazil has one of the highest prevalences of police brutality in the world today.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
* South Africa from [[apartheid]] to today has had incidents of police brutality, though police violence is not as prevalent as during the apartheid years.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

===Statistics and cases===
* [[List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers]]
* [[List of cases of police brutality by date]]
* [[List of cases of police brutality]]
* [[List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States]]
* [[List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States]]
* [[List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada]]
* [[Police brutality by country]]