“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”

Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by llamataboot on Sunday July 07, 2013 @10:51AM (#6002155)

Don't forget all the war-on-terror funding and politics that have provided even rural police departments with armored personnel carriers and the like.[1] Or outfitting police departments with tons of equipment in advance of protests planned there which then filters down into daily use. In some cities, there is so little for the "anti-terror" cops to do that they have been conscripted into arresting drunk people and pot smokers.[2]

1) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/police-militarizati...

2) http://www.startribune.com/local/209811381.html

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Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book” by alex-g on Sunday July 07, 2013 @11:52AM (#6002297)

There's another side to that, which is that overfunding of the police is coupled to underfunding of other institutions; too many social issues are framed as law-enforcement problems, and tackled with a militarized version of the law enforcement mindset.

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