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From Warrior Cops to Community Police: A Former Chief on How We Can Turn Back the Tide of Militarization [YesMagazine.org]

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You’re in the kitchen. It’s a Saturday morning, still dark outside. Your partner, three-year-old son, and the family dog are all sound asleep at the back of the house. You’ve put the coffee pot on, are making sandwiches—a trip to the lake is planned, your son’s first fishing trip.

Without warning, the pre-dawn quiet is shattered as your front door flies off its hinges, followed by back-to-back explosions and blinding light. Your local police department calling, decked out in cammies, ballistic helmets, and full-body armor, brandishing M4 and M16 rifles.

 

[For more of this story, written by Norm Stamper, go to http://www.yesmagazine.org/iss...-to-community-police]

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