White Houses Announces Partial Ban on the Militarization of American Police
Police in the United States won’t be able to get a wide range of military grade equipment, including tanks and high-caliber firearms, from other federal...
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Despite accusations of excessive force, Albuquerque police purchase 350 AR-15 rifles
The Albuquerque (New Mexico) Police Department has ordered a cache of high-powered rifles despite reprimands from the US...
Small Police Department in Guthrie, OK Gets Armored Vehicle
Lily Dane Activist Post The police department in Guthrie, Oklahoma, recently purchased an armored vehicle through a military...
Police are getting leftover Iraq trucks to complete militarization of local officers
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN Coming soon to your local sheriff: 18-ton, armor-protected military fighting vehicles with gun turrets and bulletproof glass that were once the U.S....
America’s police are beginning to look like an army and there’s very little we can do about it
By Alex Halperin Radley Balko’s new book, “Rise of the Warrior Cop,” details how America’s police forces have...
Police militarization comes under nationwide investigation
The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a campaign to investigate the growing trend of placing militarized police...
Georgia police acquired $200 million worth of military-grade vehicles and weapons
By Madison Ruppert Some 600 police departments and sheriff’s offices in Georgia have joined the many law enforcement agencies nationwide using military-grade equipment, once again...
Paragould, Arkansas: Armed task force will patrol streets & perform ID checks
By Ryan Saylor In response to a recent increase in crime, Paragould Mayor Mike Gaskill and Police Chief...
The Militarization of Education in America
In his brilliant article “The Perversion of Scholarship”, Chris Hedges exposes factors which have destroyed most major American...