Australian police and their use of excessive force
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The Relationship Between the Public and the Police in Australia
Russell: Officers encouraged to see criticism of one member as condemnation of the entire force. Police command increasingly finds itself trying to placate a kind of radicalized rank and file, he says. Russell: It's taken in Australia, it seems, until the tasering death of a 95-year-old dementia patient, before we've really started to properly grapple with this question.
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