“He pointed at me and said, 'that one won't stand up.' The two policemen came near me and only one spoke to me. He asked me if the driver had asked me to stand up? I said, 'yes.' He asked me why I didn't stand up, ... I told him I didn't think I should have to stand up. So I asked him: 'Why do you push us around?' And he told me, 'I don't know, but the law is the law and you are under arrest.'”
Rosa Parks
“The policemen followed them in a white van and one of them fired at the activists from close distance, but they managed to escape unhurt.”
Krishna Sitaula
“Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.”
David Mamet
“It's not serious. He didn't do anything. After they released him, he was signing autographs for the other policemen before he left.”
Sam Hilburn
“Forensic scientists are not policemen. We are scientists. We deal with these matters objectively. We do not [act] on our suspicion,”
Cyril Wecht
“We have 10 policemen that were hit by gunfire in Grigny, and two of them are in the hospital.”
Patrick Hamon
“Bottles were thrown at policemen, and then an unidentified explosive device went off.”
Vladimir Naumov
