Assertion: police department's officer | /r/CapableOf | abuse their authority
Facets:
value: by settling matters
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Hampered by constricting criminal procedures, and at times by the lack of authority or resources, officers feel pressure (even from the administrators of their own departments) to do "what has to be done"—that is, to abuse their authority by settling matters with their own version of street justice.