The more important the meeting and the people in the meeting, the further the police will put protesters from the meeting. Thoughts on how he would affect homeland security and the militarization of police. The federal is bringing the boot down, sending in violent, SWAT teams to raid horse and buggy driving Amish selling raw milk.ġ-crackdowns on occupy movement inspired you to write your book.Ģ- NY PD commissioner Kelly being considered to replace Janet Napolitano as head of Dept of Homeland Security. Nixon- No-Knock law- used to exploit middle class, white fear of inner city, black crime.Ĭongress repealed no-knock law in 1974- showed congress could act-Ĭlinton admin started having federal SWAT teams in to raid medical marijuana dispensaries. Police militarization has largely been fueled by the drug war.Ĭastle doctrine- home should be a place of peace and safety Reading your book made me think that every police officer should be wearing google glasses at least any time they are dealing with the public. Legality of using cell phones to record on duty police officers. What's the story with civil litigation against police departments and the cities that employ them? POlice officer bills of rights given instead of pay raises

Police unions- enforce code of silence, make it impossible to fire bad police officers. How is that going- holding police accountable? Search youtube police recruitment videos- emphasize wrong aspects of policing. You say that there are good and bad cops, but that it is not the cops that are the problem but the politicians. Obama-police-militarization huffington post article So, Obama admin funded militarization of police at higher levels than previous republican administrations. Asserting supremacy of federal govt.Ĭommunity policing funds- used to create SWAT teams. You talk about how policing is becoming more centralized, how the feds are attempting to exert their influence at local levels.Ĭentralized police dept. Pentagon gives away surplus equipment to police- over $500 million You mention that there 100 swat team raids a day- so about 40,000 a year (actually, over 50,000 in 2005) Police lied repeatedly and they all got fired- I'm guessing that's not the norm.

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