Umbrella organizations and justice committees usually support those affected. Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization focused on human rights with over three million members and supporters around the world. The stated objective of the organization is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated". [ citation needed] These are issues that have touched people across the UK and across the globe and there are many people who are justifiably angry at the scenes playing out on the streets,” they said. “Questions about whether the law or guidance are sufficient to protect all communities are wholly legitimate and necessary.” The leader of 140,000 rank-and-file police officers in England and Wales said his members had borne the brunt of the violence after days of controversy. Powers, Mary D. (1995). "Civilian Oversight Is Necessary to Prevent Police Brutality". In Winters, Paul A. (ed.). Policing the Police. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. pp.56–60. ISBN 978-1-56510-262-0. South Africa from apartheid to today has had incidents of police brutality, though police violence is not as prevalent as during the apartheid years

Kevin Mullen (5 April 1996). "The high-speed chase syndrome". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023 . Retrieved 12 November 2011. The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), The Right-wing Terrorism Threat in Europe, Mar 2020 They arrived early, stating they were there to protect monuments, but some were already intoxicated, aggressive and clearly looking for confrontation. Abuse was directed at officers protecting the Cenotaph, including chants of: ‘You’re not English any more.’” Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Use of Force". Bureau of Justice Statistics. Office of Justice Programs. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014 . Retrieved 15 November 2014. Scottish Conservative justice spokesman Russell Findlay branded the youths in Edinburgh “thugs”, and council leader Cammy Day said their behaviour was “disgraceful”.A government source claimed police were trying to “dictate” what could be debated publicly by claiming that tensions had increased after “intense debate about protest and policing”. English riots were 'a sort of revenge' against the police". The Guardian. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023 . Retrieved 10 January 2023. Stetser, Merle (2001). The Use of Force in Police Control of Violence: Incidents Resulting in Assaults on Officers. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing L.L.C. ISBN 978-1-931202-08-4. Police question forensic experts". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 4 October 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.

Liz Fekete, director of IRR, said: “Our conclusion that the dehumanising mindset and overall sense of impunity and entitlement displayed in police WhatsApp groups is a symptom, not a cause, of authoritarian trends in policing, will no doubt make for uncomfortable reading.” In the UK, Ian Tomlinson was filmed by an American tourist being hit with a baton and pushed to the floor as he was walking home from work during the 2009 G-20 London summit protests. Tomlinson then collapsed and died. Although he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, the officer who allegedly assaulted Tomlinson was released without charge. He was later dismissed for gross misconduct. [24]Jamal said he had counted 10 examples on social media among 800,000 marchers. “Some of the placards shown and incidents captured are antisemitic,” he said. “The organisers, including PSC, would dissociate ourselves entirely from them. But we reject absolutely the attempt to suggest that they are indicative of our views or the vast majority of those marching.” Violence used by police can be excessive despite being lawful, especially in the context of political repression. Police brutality is often used to refer to violence used by the police to achieve politically desirable ends (terrorism) and, therefore, when none should be used at all according to widely held values and cultural norms in the society (rather than to refer to excessive violence used where at least some may be considered justifiable).

della Porta, Donatella; Peterson, Abby; Reiter, Herbert, eds. (2006). The policing of transnational protest. Ashgate. The term "police brutality" was first used in Britain in the mid-19th century, by The Puppet-Show magazine(a short-lived rival to Punch) in September 1848, when they wrote: Because we have highly trained and well equipped officers we were were able to deal with that, sadly, a number of officers received minor physical injuries and undoubtedly they will deal with the psychological toll of that as well.” Policija brutalno tukla i devojke". B92.net. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015 . Retrieved 2 October 2015. The hearing was told that he had been sitting behind a desk at Newport police station on the Isle of Wight in January last year when a man said: “My trousers are falling down. Can you loosen my left handcuff, please? I have been asking for five hours, you’re taking the piss.”Police Scotland said that, so far, one person has been arrested in Glasgow and one in Edinburgh and more arrests are expected in the coming days as investigations continue. An estimated 2,000 right-wing supporters gathered on Whitehall before 11am after group leaders including English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson issued calls to protect the Cenotaph

Sir Peter Fahy, the former chief constable of Greater Manchester, said: “Calling the police biased and questioning why they were robust with the extreme right wing and football hooligans encouraged them and created the conditions where it stoked up their anger. Extreme Right-Wing individuals and groups have long been very well connected internationally. However, advances in technology have deepened these connections. The role of the internet in the sharing of ideas and disseminating propaganda amongst the extreme right-wing global community cannot be underestimated. Social media platforms have been widely used by ERW terrorists for this purpose. In this way, those in the UK can be radicalised by extremists based overseas. Asked whether he would consider an outright ban on the sale of fireworks, he said: “An outright ban isn’t within our competence in the Scottish Government as far as I understand it, if it was then I would absolutely consider an outright ban. We will always consider what more the Government can do.” The extreme violence from the rightwing protesters towards the police today was extraordinary and deeply concerning. Athens protest against police brutality turns violent". 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023 . Retrieved 10 January 2023.In the UK, in 2005, a young Brazilian man was arrested and shot by Metropolitan Police in Central London. The man, Jean Charles Menezes, died later. [25] Matsakis, Louise. "Body Cameras Haven't Stopped Police Brutality. Here's Why". Wired. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021 . Retrieved 19 April 2021. In the United States, more police are wearing body cameras after the shooting of Michael Brown. The US Department of Justice has made a call to action for police departments across the nation to implement body cameras in their departments so that further investigation will be possible. [41] Measurement [ edit ] The first use of the term in the American press was in 1872 when the Chicago Tribune [5] reported the beating of a civilian who was under arrest at the Harrison Street Police Station. There have been several instances of police brutality towards protesters in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests