Yeah no kidding. The militarization of the police in America over the past 5-10 years is alarming to say the least.
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ACLU Researchers examined 818 SWAT incident reports, filed between 2011 and 2012, from twenty police departments in eleven states...
The ACLU's report builds on the research of Peter Kraska, an Eastern Kentucky University professor who found a 1,400 percent increase in the total number of SWAT deployments between 1989 and 2000. Kraska concluded that SWAT teams have evolved from "strictly reactive components" of police departments to proactive units "actively engaged in fighting the drug war."
Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War | The Nation
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ACLU Researchers examined 818 SWAT incident reports, filed between 2011 and 2012, from twenty police departments in eleven states...
The ACLU's report builds on the research of Peter Kraska, an Eastern Kentucky University professor who found a 1,400 percent increase in the total number of SWAT deployments between 1989 and 2000. Kraska concluded that SWAT teams have evolved from "strictly reactive components" of police departments to proactive units "actively engaged in fighting the drug war."
Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War | The Nation