The hardware and tactics of the war zone are quietly proliferating
June 25, 2014 6:54 PM   Subscribe

War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing
The ACLU reports that increasingly militarised police forces and SWAT Teams armed with military equipment spend most of their time Waging the Drug War. The government's desire to offload its unused military hardware at deeply discounted rates has turned a few outliers into the new normal. Pdf file.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. Yeah, pretty much covered the same subject a couple weeks ago. -- mathowie



 
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