Politics & Crime A History Of Extreme Police Brutality

If it's not clear by now that no matter what city you're in, the Police are the biggest gang in the land, then you must live in a cave in Minnesota. Forget the Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, Black Mafia Family, or whichever gang is in vogue at the moment'none of them have anything on the Police. Which sucks because they abuse their power way more than any of the aforementioned gangs. Take for instance, the latest example of police brutality.

On New Years day, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was apprehended after a report that there was a fight on a BART train. After being handcuffed and told to lie on the ground, officer Johannes Mehserle put his knee into Grant's back, pulled out his gun and fatally shot him. Luckily, it was videotaped by another BART rider and spread all over the 'Net. Although there’s now rioting going on in the streets of Oakland, it won't stop the cops from wildin' out. That's what they do. Don't believe us? Take a look at 10 of the most extreme cases of police brutality…