Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | important element
Facets:
value: before the emergence of modern policing
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the methodology of repression
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Torture was an important element in the methodology of repression.
text: Before the emergence of modern policing, torture was an important aspect of policing and the use of it was openly sanctioned and acknowledged by the authority.