Police brutality is a complex phenomenon, which has widespread effects on today's society. In recent years, the police have come under serious scrutiny for police brutality, and this has been underscored by the presence of video camcorders. Accompanying this issue, I will provide several examples and recent cases, as well as the related decision making process. Similar emphasis shall be placed upon the understanding, role, and participation of the individual in public policy making. To begin with, I should like to first offer my understanding of police brutality, and as well, as it is expressed in the literature. In recent years, police brutality has become an issue, and in some instances, one which has been spotlighted as being greater than the (instances). For example, the riots in Los Angeles would prob ably be representative of some of these actions, as would the salient case of one Rodney King. This case, of course, was given much publicity, while, unlike the communal riots, the selection riots did not involve clashes between white and black civilians - - suburban flight by then had created segregation in the inner cities.

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brutality and racial overtones of Ly's murder in January 1996 drew national media attention. But more than 10,000 other hate crimes occurred in the United States that year with almost no public notice. That is part of the problem with hate crimes in America, experts say. For the most part, they go unnoticed, sometimes even by law enforcement agencies. Consequently, President Clinton will lead a conference at the White House to raise public awareness of the problem and to spotlight state and local successes in combating it. Some participants, such as Michael Lieberman, associate director of the Anti-Defamation League, also will try to promote stiffer punishments for crimes motivated by hate. There is significant agreement among the experts that swifter penalties could help curb such crimes. "The unique harm caused by bias crimes not only justifies their enhanced punishment, it compels it," said Frederick Lawrence, a Boston

Baskin, Joseph (ed.) "Urban Racial Violence In the 20th Century," 1969, pub.

(Baskin, p. 12) There is little doubt that the problem of police brutality exists, and I might also add, that the age of the video camera, wherein it seems that almost everyone owns one, much of these ominous incidence have been recorded on video tape. How, the, and where does the role and decision making aspect of the average citizen come into play? It seems to me, that this problem, not only is it that it exists, but also provides a fertile area for 'participation in government,' or public policy.At the same time, other hate crimes of racial and brutality significantly involves other groups, i.e. Asians, etc. For example, one Thien Minh Ly was skating on a tennis court in Tuscin, California, when he suddenly was attacked by two young white supremacists.

Shepard, Scott of the Washington Bure au, "Conference to Target Hate Crimes,"

Minority Report, "People Declare War On Police Brutality," New Pittsburgh

The following narrative of the chasing and factual shooting of a young black man

3:55-56 p.m.: Collins enters an apartment complex and asks a tenant to help by

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