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Incidents of excessive force are in decline.
Incidents of excessive force are in decline.
Police officers are rarely found guilty of using excessive force.
Police officers are rarely found guilty of using excessive force.
Any incident in which the police use deadly force is, by definition, an example of excessive force.
Any incident in which the police use deadly force is, by definition, an example of excessive force.
There is no demographic pattern evident among victims of excessive force.
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A reasonable conclusion to draw from the examples of Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, and Breonna Taylor is:
Police officers are rarely found guilty of using excessive force.
These cases highlight issues related to police accountability and the challenges in obtaining justice for victims of excessive force, as often the legal outcomes do not lead to convictions for officers involved in such incidents.
