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October 10, 2013

America’s police are looking more and more like the military | Michael Shank and Elizabeth Beavers | Comment is free | theguardian.com

America\’s streets are looking more and more like a war zone. Last week, in a small county in upstate New York with a population of roughly 120,000 people, county legislators approved the receipt of a 20-ton Mine Resistant Ambush Protected… Continue reading
July 8, 2013

Any excuse to use excessive force

Because any infraction of the law deserves complete, over the top violent response from a paramilitary police force. Ladies and gentleman, the panopticon and your tax dollars at work in the Society of Control… Police have justified this sort of… Continue reading