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Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States |
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Detroit |
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Detroit has a history of racial unrest, expressed in race riots in the 1960s. In the 1990s, racial tensions have been exacerbated by the case of African-American Malice Green, who was reportedly brutally beaten by white officers in 1992 and later died en route to a hospital. Still, police abuse monitors in Detroit report that police brutality within the city is less pronounced than in surrounding, majority white, suburbs where African-Americans are reportedly harassed and mistreated more regularly by the police. |
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