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  • Stephen Vines on overpolicing protests in Hong Kong.

    Notable & Quotable 2011

  • It is clear that there is no end to community anger about the excessive G20 overpolicing and abuses, about the Jordan Miles beating, and about the city's prolonged investigation into the matter.

    Pittsburgh Indymedia 2010

  • It is clear that there is no end to community anger about the excessive G20 overpolicing and abuses, about the Jordan Miles beating, and about the city's prolonged investigation into the matter.

    Pittsburgh Indymedia 2010

  • And before anyone suggests there was no overpolicing, I was out at a classical music concert on Weds night and was in no way involved with any protests at all (partly because of police policy seeming to be designed to suppress legitimate dissent, pricly the "kettling" of protesters into an area for hours and hours).

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • After enduring a week of politicians defending some outrageous overpolicing, there needs to be heads rolling and careers ending over this.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • Minority students in schools across the U.S. are not getting a fair chance - in part because they are more likely to be subjected to abusive, degrading disciplinary tactics ranging from overpolicing to corporal punishment.

    Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union 2009

  • Minority students in schools across the U.S. are not getting a fair chance - in part because they are more likely to be subjected to abusive, degrading disciplinary tactics ranging from overpolicing to corporal punishment.

    Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union 2009

  • Minority students in schools across the U.S. are not getting a fair chance - in part because they are more likely to be subjected to abusive, degrading disciplinary tactics ranging from overpolicing to corporal punishment.

    Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union 2009

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