We are losing the battle against police brutality in America (Shaun King, NY Daily News) *Warning: Autoplay video of police brutality at the top of this article*

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0:42.8	Let me take you back to the year 1829 to Britain and a guy called Sir Robert Peele.
0:50.2	He ends up becoming Prime Minister, but in 1829 he was Britain's home secretary.
0:56.8	In that same year, London got its first police force, the Metropolitan Police, or the Met.
1:05.3	The policemen of the Met, of course they were all men, were known as Peelers, after Sir Robert Peele.
1:13.6	Today, we know them as Bobby's, and all of them were told to follow Peel's nine principles of law enforcement.
1:23.7	Look, it's doubtful he wrote them himself, but they're always called Peel's principles.
1:30.8	The basic mission of the police is to prevent crime and disorder, as an alternative to their
1:36.6	repression by military force. The power of the police is dependent on public approval of their
1:43.1	existence, actions, and behavior, and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect.
1:52.7	Public respect and approval also means securing the willing cooperation of the public so that the
1:58.4	laws can be enforced. The extent to which the public cooperates reduces the need for the police
2:05.3	to use physical force. The police must not pander to public opinion. They must constantly
2:11.5	demonstrate impartial service to the law, including service and friendship to all members of the
2:18.5	public without regard to their wealth or social standing. The police must only use physical force
2:26.0	when persuasion, advice, and warning are insufficient to obtain public cooperation.
2:32.8	Only the minimum degree of physical force that's necessary to achieve a police objective should
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