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Policing The Police Policing the Police Police, get on the ground, now! For many Americans this is a reassuring and calming statement, but to far to many it instills fear, fear of unwarranted abuse and brutality. There are thousands of cases involving police brutality in the U.S. yearly, while thousands more slip through the cracks. Human Rights Watch, in it’s extensive report Shielded from Justice, examines the issue of police brutality, and discusses why the brutality goes unchecked. The majority of the time the brutality consists of a few extra kicks or billy club whacks, but far to often the abuse becomes serious. Take Abner Louima as an example, he was beaten and sodomized by four police officers in a Brooklyn police station bathroom. After the beating, it took over three hours before the precinct commander provided the required police escort to take Louima to the hospital (Kirschner). Police brutality is a terrible violation of ones human rights, and it is essential that the system is improved so as to stop the abuse. With harsher punishments for offending officers, a separate investigation department for brutality cases not affiliated with the police, special prosecutors for these cases, police, officers, brutality, prosecutors, shielded, cases, system, ranking, often, held, department, complaints, responsible, file, current, complaint, case, work, while, subordinates, separate, same, punishment, never, involved, iad, harsher, actions, abuse, three, thousands, themselves, stop, special, punishments