militarization
San Diego’s School District Now Has a Military-Grade Armored Truck
The same federal program gave military equipment to the Ferguson, Missouri police and other cities around the country.
‘I've Never Seen Anything Like What I Saw In Ferguson’: VICE News Speaks with a Member of the Amnesty Int'l Delegation to Missouri
Because Amnesty is better known for its human rights advocacy abroad, the group’s Ferguson delegation was widely heralded as the “first of its kind."
The Pentagon Is Giving Grenade Launchers to Campus Police
With help from the Pentagon, colleges across the United States are buying military-grade weapons, and putting campuses into perpetual lockdown.
Can the Feds Fix Local Police?
The ACLU wants a federal "police czar" to help stop the militarization of law enforcement, but we don't need another cop to tell us the real problem is too many police.
Seattle's Former Police Chief Speaks Out About Ferguson and Police Brutality
Ferguson isn’t the first time a local police force has turned an American city into something resembling a war zone.
Seattle's Former Police Chief Speaks Out Against Police Brutality
Norm Stamper ordered a brutal crackdown on WTO protesters in 1999, when he was Seattle's chief of police. Now, he's a vocal opponent of the militarization of cops—and says his mistakes are being repeated in Ferguson.
Reddit's Gun Community Takes Aim at 'Novice' Over-Militarized Police in Ferguson
"They are wasting a lot of money for no other reason than to look like characters from Call of Duty."
ACLU Report Says 'Militarized' SWAT Teams Treat Neighborhoods Like 'War Zones'
Most SWAT deployments are now for drug-related searches, not hostage or active shooter situations.
Relax. China Is Not Using the Death Star to Conquer the Moon
Chinese President Xi Jinping told the military to better integrate its space capabilities, and many people are interpreting that all wrong.
How Cops Became Soldiers: A Chat With Radley Balko
Balko, an investigative reporter and expert on police militarization, opens up on cops going ham.