Rejected petition Make unjustified and unnecessary police brutality and discrimination a crime.

I want the police system to be improved. I know that there are hundreds of great officers out there but the ones that are brutal or unnecessarily violent shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it and I think it being a law instead of a violation of conduct would reduce the number of cases.

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I think the government should do something about it because it is their country too and people turn to the government in a time when they want to see change, which is very relevant at this moment in time.

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Police brutality and discrimination by the police is already against the law.

We have published the following petitions, some of which you might like to sign:

Require police officers to take anti racism education: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324879

Conduct and publish an independent review into race relations with the Police: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324314

Review the use of force against BAME people by the police: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/329599

Make failure to reduce institutional racism as defined by Macpherson a crime: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/329267

Implement recommendations from previous reports into racial inequality in the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/327671

Implement legislative reform of our policing system to tackle racism: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323805

We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality

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Date submitted 3 June 2020
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