Showing posts with label military equipment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military equipment. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Have US police departments become too militarised? - BBC News
US President Joe Biden is reportedly looking to restrict police from receiving military equipment. The 1033 programme currently allows local law enforcement to receive surplus weapons and vehicles from the US Department of Defense.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Why America's police look like soldiers
Across the country, Americans protesting racial injustice and police brutality – the overwhelming majority of them peacefully – have been met by police forces that look more like an army. Officers have shown up to protests with riot gear, armored trucks, and military rifles. This is what America’s police now look like, and it’s the result of a decades-long buildup of military equipment among the country’s police departments. It began as a Reagan-era program to give police departments more resources to fight the War on Drugs, and has escalated ever since. Today, the idea of a militarized police force is baked into how American police see themselves.
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