The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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The Militarization of U.S. Police: Finally Dragged Into the Light by the Horrors of Ferguson
America now has a domestic police force that looks, thinks and acts more like an invading and occupying military than a community-based force to protect the public.
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Ferguson Is What Happens When White Suburban Cops Get Weapons Of War
Michael Brown’s shooting was one thing. The protests are another. But military might does not belong on Main Street.
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The Coming Calamity, the Coming Resistance - Part II
We can further see that there is a war on the underclass in the form of police militarization, as the Pentagon actively prepares for civil unrest and a breakdown of society.
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Boston PD's New Assault Rifles Raise Serious Questions About Paramilitarized Police
“Do we want police officers who are sent out into our streets to be trained as if — and equipped as if — the people they encounter on their patrols are enemy hostile targets, as if in a war?”
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Lockdown, USA: Lessons From the Boston Marathon Manhunt
A generalized fear now shapes American society—one that thrives on insecurity, precarity, dread of punishment and concern with external threats.
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ACLU Launches Nationwide Police Militarization Investigation
The ACLU has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States.
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Meet the Contractors Turning America's Police Into a Paramilitary Force
L3 Communications embodies the totality of the national security and surveillance state. Harris Corporation and B12 are also companies whose highly developed spy technology threatens our civil liberties.
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The Inside Story on Police Militarization
Extreme police tactics are not a new phenomenon in the U.S.
