This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
SWAT teams
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The Post-Michael Brown Agenda Provides Goals To End Racist Militarized Policing
The California city of Rialto saw an 88% drop in claims of police misconduct within one year of officers wearing cameras.
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Law Enforcement Scandal As Asset Seizures Fuel Police Spending
Police agencies have used hundreds of millions of dollars taken from Americans under federal civil forfeiture law to buy guns, armored cars and electronic surveillance gear – as well as luxury vehicles.
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Could The Civil Rights Movement Have Happened In Today's Militarized Police State?
Can peacefully exercising First Amendment rights create lasting change if police have weaponry and, apparently, legal authority to immediately and violently disperse crowds?
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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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Can SWAT Teams Claim "Corporate" Exemption From Public Scrutiny?
Taxpayer-funded police and sheriffs in Massachusetts claim they're immune to public records requests about deadly force and incident reports because they are acting as private "corporations."
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Repressing World Cup Protests Is Booming Business for Brazilian Corporation
Rio-based company Condor Nonlethal Technologies is swimming in profit after a $22-million contract providing tear gas, rubber bullets, Tasers, and light and sound grenades to police and private security forces.
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Cops Or Soldiers: Why Are Paramilitary SWAT Teams Now Everywhere?
The number of SWAT deployments in small American cities soared even as violent crime fell – driven not by need, but by fear of being left behind by larger security forces.
