[PDF] Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America s Police Forces

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America s Police Forces

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Author : Radley Balko
Pages : 400 pages
Publisher : PublicAffairs 2014-08-26
Language : English

The last days of colonialism taught America s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But according to investigative reporter Radley Balko, over the last several decades, America s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as an other--an enemy. Today s armored-up policemen are a far cry from the constables of early America. The unrest of the 1960s brought about the invention of the SWAT unit--which in turn led to the debut of military tactics in the ranks of police officers. Nixon s War on Drugs, Reagan s War on Poverty, Clinton s COPS program, the post--9/11 security state under Bush and Obama: by degrees, each of these innovations expanded and empowered police

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