Federal prosecutors begin a broad investigation of brutality in the department.
Until 2011, Myanmar was under the rule of a military dictatorship notorious for its brutality, broad censorship practices and, most prominently from an international perspective, its role in keeping Nobel laureate and democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for years.
Abu Sakkar also blamed the broader descent into brutality on fighters from Syria's Alawite religious minority, to which the president belongs.
Darwin alludes in broad strokes to the brutality of slavery, the displacement of native peoples, and the casualties of imperial wars.
There are many groups who want reform packages or justice in the form of prosecuted cops, but there is broad understanding that police brutality and racism is a deep-seated structural problem that will not be solved with a few symbolic court cases and policy tweaks.
The anticrime drives invigorate and define the darkest corner of China's formidable system of social control, a corner, largely unseen by the broader population, where police brutality is tolerated, even encouraged.
Since arriving here last summer, Abner Louima has tried to move beyond the night in August 1997 when he was victimized in a Brooklyn police precinct's bathroom, while at the same time sustaining a connection to the broader issue of police brutality.
Regeni's fate has refocused attention on broader allegations of police brutality in Egypt and created tensions between Cairo and Italy, one of Egypt's most important trading partners.
Baltimore officials are seeking to avoid a repeat of the riots that erupted in April while preserving the community's right to protest and trying to address broader concerns about police brutality.
In response to Kellom's death, Shelley and Scott have been organizing community meetings with Police Chief James Craig and the US Attorney's office in Detroit to discuss the case and broader issues of police brutality and accountability.
