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ShitcagoPd
07-14-2013, 06:20 PM
This article was originally published at Salon.com*by Alex Halperin. Radley Balko’s new book, “Rise of the Warrior Cop,” details how America’s police forces have grown to look and behave more like soldiers than neighborly Officer Krupkes walking the beat. This new breed of police, frequently equipped with military weapons and decked out in enough armor [...]
Radley Balko: “Once a Town Gets a SWAT Team, You Want to Use it.” (http://www.copblock.org/35587/radley-balko-once-a-town-gets-a-swat-team-you-want-to-use-it/) is a post from Cop Block - Badges Don't Grant Extra Rights (http://www.copblock.org)


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