| 单词 | police brutality |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolice brutality police brutality n. the use of excessive and unjustified force by the police, esp. when dealing with members of the public. ΚΠ 1833 True Sun 20 May The [police] men behaved with the most shameful and brutal conduct... Your giving publicity to this statement..will oblige your constant readers and unfortunate victims of police brutality. 1914 Mother Earth Apr. 43 The proof of police brutality was so overwhelming that the trial magistrate was moved to denounce the police scathingly. 2019 J. Boakye Black, Listed 382 The hashtag #blacklivesmatter..woke people up to structural racism and racially motivated prejudice, zeroing in on the nothing-new shock of police brutality in the United States of America. < as lemmas |
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