News & Commentary about Police Militarization
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Apr 15, 2015
'Buy-a-Badge' Programs Are a Recipe for Disaster, and Eric Harris Paid the Price
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Apr 9, 2015
Walter Scott’s Killing Is a Direct Result of the Current State of Policing in America Today
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Mar 19, 2015
We Need to Move Beyond the Frame of the “Bad Apple Cop”
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Mar 6, 2015
The DOJ Ferguson Report Isn’t Just an Indictment of Ferguson Police, but of American Policing Writ Large
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Nov 23, 2014
Ferguson Q&A With Organizer Larry Fellows III
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Oct 7, 2014
How Many People Must Be Maimed or Killed Before We End the Militarization of Our Police Forces?
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Oct 6, 2014
Spotted on Campus: Up-Armored Mine-Resistant Monster Trucks
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Sep 26, 2014
For One Young Black Man in Newark, 'The Talk' was about Police