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- Paramilitary police: Cops or soldiers? http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21599349-americas-police-have-become-too-militarised-cops-or-soldiers 92 comments
- SWAT teams were deployed about 3,000 times in 1980 but are now used around 50,000 times a year. Baltimore and Dallas have used them to break up poker games. In 2010 New Haven sent a SWAT team to a bar suspected of serving under-age drinkers. http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21599349-americas-police-have-become-too-militarised-cops-or-soldiers 1353 comments politics
Linking pages
- Why Do These Cops Look Like Navy Seals? | The Nation http://www.thenation.com/article/181144/why-do-these-cops-look-navy-seals 22 comments
- Professor Carnage | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/141675/professor-carnage-dave-grossman-police-warrior-philosophy 16 comments
- What we know about what happened in Ferguson - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/25/wonkbook-special-ferguson-issue/ 15 comments
- The Pentagon gave nearly half a billion dollars of military gear to local law enforcement last year - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/14/the-pentagon-gave-nearly-half-a-billion-dollars-of-military-gear-to-local-law-enforcement-last-year/?post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost 8 comments
- A Policeman On What Police Games Get Wrong | Rock Paper Shotgun https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/crime-games/ 0 comments
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