Articles on Police Misconduct, Including - Police Brutality, Police Corruption, False Imprisonment, Police Riot, Herbert Dowbiggin, False Confession, Falsified Evidence, Arbitrary Arrest and Detention, Third Degree (Interrogation) (Paperback)

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