The Militarization of American Streets
Category: POLITICS
When the CVS stores go up in flames and local stores are looted, politicians denounce what's happened and demand an instant return to law and order, while calling on police departments to wear body cameras and rethink their attitudes. But there's another reality that has to be faced.
By Tom Engelhardt, ContributorEditor, TomDispatch.com, 2015-05-05