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Police Militarization Is a Consequence of Policing the World
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2014-09-18 03:00
The imperium granted to police, and the hierarchy it creates, has produced an unfortunate, yet foreseeable result: police officers which act like an army of occupation, and communities that have become territories to be occupied.
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