If you thought the militarized police response to Ferguson and Baltimore was bad, brace yourselves. Many police, including beat cops, now routinely carry assault rifles. Combined with body armor and other apparel, many officers look more and more like combat troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thanks to President Trump, this transformation of America into a battlefield is only going to get worse. To be fair, Trump did not create this totalitarian nightmare. However, he has legitimized it and, in so doing, has also accelerated the pace at which we fall deeper into the clutches of outright tyranny.
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Show Notes
“Battlefield Main Street: Pentagon Project Lets Police Forces – Even in Small Towns – Arm Themselves With Military Gear,” The Daily
“Congress Quietly Passed a Bill Allowing Warrantless Searches of Homes—Only 1% Opposed It,” The Free Thought Project
“Trump to Fully Restore Military Surplus Transfers to Police,” The New York Times
“Trump lifts ban on military gear to local police forces,” USA Today
“From Mayberry to Ferguson, the rise of the modern cop,” The Washington Post
“Local Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military Weapons,” The Daily Beast
“America’s police are looking more and more like the military,” The Guardian
“West Lafayette police acquire military vehicle,” Indy Star
“The cops at Ohio State have an armored fighting vehicle now,” The Daily Caller
“Police Are Getting the Military’s Leftover Armored Trucks,” The New York Times
“Drawing Down: How To Roll Back Police Militarization In America,” The Huffington Post
“Seattle police department has network that can track all Wi-Fi enabled devices,” Raw Story
“Little oversight seen in military surplus giveaways,” Associated Press
“The militarization of U.S. police forces,” Reuters
“Does military equipment lead police officers to be more violent? We did the research,” The Washington Post
“The Shocking Tales of 11 of the Most Over the Top US Police Paramilitary Raids and the Innocent People They Victimized,” Alternet
“Why Are Police Unions Blocking Reform?” The New Yorker
“The USA as a Failed State: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘Between the World and Me,’” Counterpunch
Battlefield America Is the New Normal: We’re Not in Mayberry Anymore
Battlefield America: The War on the American People
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