11.   But no one wants to be seen as soft on police abuse.

12.   But that drop has been coupled with high-profile cases of alleged police abuse.

13.   But while he may not be listening to the cries of genuine anguish from New Yorkers concerned about police abuse, plenty of others are.

14.   By weakening the standard for holding governments responsible, the court has also weakened a crucial weapon against police abuse.

15.   Civilians should also be put in charge of investigating police abuse.

16.   Concerns over racial profiling have intensified as questions of police abuse against minorities have risen.

17.   Few of these crimes are investigated, and police abuse of Gypsies is frequent.

18.   Families in some areas are also so accustomed to police abuses that they assume the missing have been killed and nothing can be done about it.

19.   For Haitians, allegations of police abuse are anything but alien.

20.   He said he supported the creation of an independent commission to investigate reports of police abuse.