I think the answer is imagery
In Act 4 Scene 7, Queen Gertrude reports that Ophelia <span>had climbed into a willow tree (There is a willow grows aslant the brook), and the branch had broken and dropped </span>Ophelia<span> into the brook, where she drowned. ... Later, a sexton at the graveyard insists </span>Ophelia<span> must have </span>killed<span> herself.
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Mary Brown's dog symbolizes the child in a way the police can get away with the killing even if the child or citizens are innocent.
The police showing no remorse about killing an innocent life of the dog/child demonstrates the corruption of the environment there.