Meaning of overpolice | Babel Free

Definitions

To police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a punishment incommensurate to the severity of a crime.

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Examples

“First, many veterans of protest marches believe that the police overpolice these events. Second, why are the police still willing to protect a St. Patrick's Day Parade if security concerns and costs are suddenly so important?”

“Black people in America fit that description of being overpoliced and oversentenced.”

“Part of the difference in attitudes comes from African Americans’ experiences within a racially biased criminal justice system that overpolices black and brown neighborhoods and rarely holds officers accountable for reported mistreatment, excessive force, or even killing African Americans.”

“So if you live in a zip code that has been overpoliced historically, you are going to have overarresting. And we know that the overpolicing and the overarresting happens in Black and Latino communities. That's just a fact.”

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