Abuse/Excessive Abuse or Force/Excessive Force on The Part of Citizens and Law Enforcement Officials

The Protesters confront police in riot gear as they react to the verdict in the Sean Bell case outside the 103rd Precinct in the neighborhood of Jamaica Friday, April 25, 2008 in the Queens borough of New York. Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

After reading the above, please read the below questions, and provide your responses or comments:

Do police use excessive force on citizens? 

Are there situations where law enforcement officials aggressively initiated excessive force from the start of a confrontation, without any prior provocation from the person(s) who is being abused?  You may attach photographs/pictures, videos, movies, or web links to prove or disapprove your argument.

Do citizens promote, aggravate, perpetuate, or purposefully cause police confrontations?  You may attach photographs/pictures, videos, movies, or web links to prove or disapprove your argument.

Do citizens use excessive abuse or force against law enforcement officials?

Do citizens abuse police officers?

You may add anything else about capital punishment if you so desire.

Note that you are free to articulate anything in this area.

You may use photographs/pictures, videos, movies, web links, books, materials, emails, or any other source  to articulate your comments.

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