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ACLU starts campaign against police militarization
From a March 6th entry on the ACLU national website: American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in 23 states today simultaneously filed more than 255 public records requests to determine the extent to...
View ArticleDomestic drone surveillance receives enthusiastic welcome
The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to establish six drone test sites within the U.S. and Huntsville, Alabama is actively engaged in competing to attract one of those sites to the “Rocket...
View ArticleBalko examines the post-bombing Boston lockdown
Part five of Radley Balko’s series about Boston’s place in history with regard to militarism and liberty explores the state of near martial law imposed on Watertown during the manhunt for the two...
View ArticleNew York finds new uses for anti-terrorism surveillance
New York’s Big Brother surveillance systems justified through fear-mongering after the 9/11 attacks and funded with federal anti-terrorism dollars is now being used to target ordinary crime. After the...
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Cop Culture
Radley Balko has an article up on HuffPo about what cop T-shirts say about cop culture. This exemplifies the us-against-them mentality that permeates law enforcement at all levels in the U.S. Instead...
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Rise of the Warrior Cop
Radley Balko’s long awaited book, Rise of the Warrior Cop, is now available. the book exposes an ever accelerating trend of law enforcement in the U.S. to become increasingly militarized in terms of...
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