Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch is an international organization that monitors abuses of human rights. In the following viewpoint, the organization contends that police brutality is pervasive in the United States because police are granted the power to use deadly force and face little accountability for their actions. According to Human Rights Watch, to reduce or prevent police brutality, law enforcement officers must be subjected to intense scrutiny by local, federal, and international authorities.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What reforms did the Justice Department recommend to Pittsburgh and Steubenville, according to Human Rights Watch?
2. According to the organization, what is the definition of a “problem officer”?
3. How many police officers died while on duty in the United States in 1996, according to the organization"

Police abuse remains one of the...