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Originally Posted by dyna mo
The question that needs to be asked is What The Fuck does 9/11 have to do with police killing civilians? If there is a correlation between 9/11 and a rise in cops killing people, I'd like to see it.
I'd ask the OP but he's too fucking stupid to even ask what time it is.
Nevertheless, records are not kept, there is no correlation and the Op is a dimwitted fucktard.
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You are a big man calling people names from your computer. I guarantee you wouldn't be so brave if we met little dick man.
To answer your point.
The ?war on terror? has come home ? and it?s wreaking havoc on innocent American lives. The culprit is the militarization of the police.
The weapons that destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq have made their way to local law enforcement. While police forces across the country began a process of militarization ? complete with SWAT teams and flash-bang grenades ? when President Reagan intensified the ?war on drugs,? the post-9/11 ?war on terror? has added fuel to the fire.
Through laws and regulations like a provision in defense budgets that authorizes the Pentagon to transfer surplus military gear to police forces, local law enforcement agencies are using weapons found on the battlefields of South Asia and the Middle East.
A recent New York Times article by Matt Apuzzo reported that in the Obama era, ?police departments have received tens of thousands of machine guns; nearly 200,000 ammunition magazines; thousands of pieces of camouflage and night-vision equipment; and hundreds of silencers, armored cars and aircraft.? The result is that police agencies around the nation possess military-grade equipment, turning officers who are supposed to fight crime and protect communities into what looks like an invading army. And military-style police raids have increased in recent years, with one count putting the number at 80,000 such raids last year.
In June, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought more attention to police militarization when it issued a comprehensive, nearly 100-page report titled, War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing. Based on public records requests to more than 260 law enforcement agencies in 26 states, the ACLU concluded that this police militarization ?unfairly impacts people of color and undermines individual liberties, and it has been allowed to happen in the absence of any meaningful public discussion.?
The information contained in the ACLU report ? and in other investigations into the phenomenon ? is sobering. From the killing of innocent people to the almost complete lack of debate on these policies, police militarization has turned into a key issue for Americans. It is harming civil liberties, ramping up the ?war on drugs,? impacting the most marginalized members of society and transforming neighborhoods into war zones. Here are 11 important ? and horrifying ? things you should know about the militarization of police.