[P2P-F] Fwd: ZNet Commentary: Benjamin Dangl: Overkill: How the Pentagon Militarized the US Police Force

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Benjamin Dangl: Overkill: How the Pentagon Militarized the US Police ForceZ
Communications Daily Commentary

“Have no doubt, police in the United States are militarizing, and in many
communities, particularly those of color, the message is being received
loud and clear: ‘You are the enemy,’” writes Tom Nolan
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who worked for 27 years in the Boston Police Department. “Many communities
now look upon police as an occupying army, their streets more reminiscent
of Baghdad or Kabul than a city in America.”

This is no coincidence; much of the equipment used by police forces on the
streets of America today is in fact directly from the US military.