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Violent t on po-
licemen and potice viole vi
again civilian are gro' f from rare. In fact, one
problems t need to be officer admitted t iami
d th ith, police had a to r te in-
One major element in . . s inflicted on civiliams.
the d dly equation-the It . estimated t­
question of police violence, bout 600 peop e die e ch
the bject of and year at the hand of
ext ordinary meeting t' enf cern nt office That'
December in which police more than one pe
om . and community d y. bout half
er met under the aus- iti
P of feder officials
and minority organizations.
That meeting often
ormy, but . ce it
the rust ch national dia­
that to be expected.
ore important th evi-
dent concern of polic re­
pre ntative bout th gra­
vity of the problem.
J . t days after the me­
eting an incident occurred
in Miami that illustrates
the riOUSD of the pro-
blem. B busine
on motorcycle w c
by four policemen ho
be t him to death, at rust
reporting the de th the
result fan ccident.
The four ere indicted
for man aughter, and re­
port of th inquiry into
too. Officers can do
ter job y'
Typically the incident
occur without justification.
Often the ictim i unarm­
po . 'on to
offic rs, In
the victim
b .. Fe
spected of
or of being
rous.
any c are th tr
gic re t of mutual fe
compounded by cultural
misunderstanding bet een
white pollcem n and minor­
ity youths.
inority policemen
ha e rarely been involved in
such incident, indicating
their unde ding of the
ghetto' value behavior
patterns, and non-verbal
m e them better"
num­
er
en.
Ci " ith "stric gun
cod -and enforcement of
o code report sharply
reduced incidents of ci .
fataliti .
Curbing poli e vio ence
make for better poli " g
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