[Infowarrior] - US police departments are increasingly militarised, finds report

[Richard Forno]

US police departments are increasingly militarised, finds report

• Ed Pilkington in New York
• theguardian.com, Tuesday 24 June 2014 00.01 EDT

• ACLU cites soaring use of war zone equipment and tactics
• Swat teams increasingly deployed in local police raids
• Seven civilians killed and 46 injured in incidents since 2010

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jun/24/military-us-police-swat-teams-raids-aclu

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