Kriston Capps of The Atlantics CityLab describes the recent evolution of suburban #lawenforcement: St. Louis County is just one of the many municipalities in the U.S. that now commands access to #military equipment meant for war. The paramilitarization of suburban #police forces, or the suburbanization of paramilitary police forces, adds another question to those lingering over Browns tragic death: Did the police response only make matters worse? There isnt a great amount of tracking on all the military equipment going out in the U.S., says Samuel Bieler, a research associate with the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute. But you can definitely see evidence of militarization of the police in the suburbs. You can find examples basically anywhere. Check out some of JPIs research on policing, in our report Rethinking the Blues: justicepolicy.org/research/3906
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:00:01 +0000
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