In many countries, police are both guardians of public safety and the primary instruments of state repression. Used to quell dissent, excessive police action can drive further collective action, leading to a repression-dissent nexus. Yet does repression spur dissent for all, or only for those already dissenting? We theorize repression by police causes political backlash, decreasing support for police and increasing political dissent. We argue these effects are conditioned by individuals’ proximity to the repressive act and support for the ruling party. Using a nationally representative survey experiment of 1,920 Ugandans, we find robust evidence for political backlash effects of repression across all demographics, regardless of proximity to the event. By examining the politics of policing, we show excessive police violence triggers political backlash, decreasing general support for the security apparatus and increasing willingness to publicly dissent for some populations.

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街头镇压：乌干达的抗议，警务和异议

在许多国家/地区，警察既是公共安全的监护人，又是国家镇压的主要手段。过去用来平息异议的人，过度的警察行动可以促使采取进一步的集体行动，从而导致异议人士的压制。但是，压抑是对所有人还是仅对已经持异议的人持异议？我们认为警察的镇压会引起政治反弹，减少对警察的支持并增加政治异议。我们认为，这些影响取决于个人与镇压行为的接近程度以及对执政党的支持。通过对1,920名乌干达人进行的具有全国代表性的调查实验，我们发现了有力的证据表明，不论事件发生在多近，所有人口统计学都对政治镇压产生了强烈的反作用。通过研究治安政治，