Despite the steady hue and cry by government agencies about the need for more police, more sophisticated weaponry, and the difficulties of preserving the peace and maintaining security in our modern age, the reality is far different. Indeed, violent crime in America has been on a steady decline, and if current trends continue, Americans will finish the year 2013 experiencing the lowest murder rate in over a century.The author provides a good overview of the militarizing of local police forces by providing details on the history of furnishing military equipment to local police forces, and the incentives of local police forces to use SWAT teams and SWAT-style tactics in ordinary policing operations which has led to many abusive police actions.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Are Police in America Now a Military, Occupying Force?
Click here to access article by John W. Whitehead from The Rutherford Institute.