Monday, September 29, 2014

The Militarization of U.S. Domestic Policing

 

The ongoing “wars” on drugs and terrorism have helped to militarize domestic policing, giving us “no-knock” raids and other tactics formerly considered off-limits for civilian law enforcement. A political-economic analysis of this trend explains how crises have eroded rules that were created to constrain the use of military power and separate domestic policing from military functions.

1 comment:

  1. Once fed.gov has hooked into the majority of the local police depts...can't say there'll be good times ahead...

    Will just be the country ones opposed, I believe.

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