disproportionate force, n.All

Disproportionate force (n.) looks ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like a million bullets in the first days of an uprising against stone-throwers — "a bullet for each child," as one disgusted officer put it.