"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
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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