Friday, July 10, 2015

New SWAT Documents Give Snapshot of Ugly Militarization of U.S. Police

Click here to access article by George Joseph from The Intercept. 
Extensive records from SWAT team raids in northeastern Massachusetts released today by the American Civil Liberties Union corroborate what police reform advocates have long insisted: that “Special Weapons And Tactics” units spend a majority of their time responding to low-risk situations that do not require SWAT’s quasi-military approach.