“Police brutality: A myth built on a mountain of cracked skulls.”
Source: Beyond Hypocrisy, 1992, Doublespeak Dictionary (within Beyond Hypocrisy), p. 164.
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Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
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Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road
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Justin Trudeau (1971) 23rd Prime Minister of Canada; eldest son of Pierre Trudeau
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Arnold Ridley (1896–1984) Playwright, actor
On being asked by a doctor if the damage to his hand was self-inflicted.
Biography on Spartacus
Kristian Williams (1974) American historian
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Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care
Source: Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior (1970), p. 103
