And Slahi's writing resembles, in both the details of his story and the intention behind its telling, a body of American literature whose testimonies represent the clearest arguments against human bondage and systems of brutality that this country has ever produced.
But we need to recognise that a rigged, racist system of police brutality is indicative of deep-seated institutionalised racism.
The mayor this week did acknowledge for the first time that the department's system of handling complaints of brutality and misconduct needed to be revamped, a concession that came in response to a separate federal investigation into the Police Department.
Just four years ago, the Texas juvenile justice system was awash in allegations of brutality, neglect and sexual abuse by staff members.
Over the course of two hours, Jarecki paints an ever-more-infuriating portrait of a system whose brutality and injustice is a national disgrace, even if most of us don't even realize it's happening.
Considering our nation's history of brutality, the most impactful and destructive system known upon these shores has been empire as white supremacy.
Former justice minister Robert Badinter's libretto is a furious portrait of brutality and homophobia in the French penal system.
The clearances followed patterns of agricultural change throughout the United Kingdom, but were particularly notorious as a result of the late timing, the lack of legal protection for year-by-year tenants under Scots law, the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system, and the brutality of many evictions.
The clearances followed patterns of agricultural change throughout Britain, but were particularly notorious as a result of the late timing, the lack of legal protection for year-by-year tenants under Scots law, the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system, and the brutality of many evictions.
The clearances followed patterns of agricultural change throughout the UK, but were particularly notorious as a result of the late timing, the lack of legal protection for year-by-year tenants under Scots law, the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system, and the brutality of many evictions.
