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an escalation in SWAT team deployments, the militarization of the US police
force poses an increasing threat to the American public
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as recently exhibited in Ferguson, Missouri.

Behind this militarization is the Pentagon=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9C1033 program,=
=E2=80=9D created in the
National Defense Authorization Act for 1997, which enables the Defense
Department to provide surplus military equipment
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at a highly reduced cost to local police departments. The program was expan=
ded
after 9/11
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and has led to the distribution of $4.2 billion
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in
equipment. Police departments across the country now utilize
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some
500 military aircraft, 93,763 assault weapons and 432 Mine-Resistant Ambush
Protected military vehicles =E2=80=93 which cost around $700,000 new, and a=
re being
sold to police departments for as low as $2,800
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=2E

An example of the program cited by *The Guardian*
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pointed to a Richland County sheriff in South Carolina obtaining a tank
with 360-degree rotating machine gun turrets. The tank was named =E2=80=9CT=
he
Peacemaker.=E2=80=9D

Such unnecessary equipment is being utilized in cities and small towns
across the country without sufficient oversight, proper training, or public
input.

Following the outcry over police violence in Ferguson, the Pentagon still
maintains that the weapon-selling program is for the public good. As
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told *Newsweek*
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=E2=80=9CThis is a useful program that allows for the reuse of military equ=
ipment
that would otherwise be disposed of, that could be used by law enforcement
agencies to serve their citizens.=E2=80=9D

However, rather than serving citizens, this militarization of the police
force has contributed to unnecessary violence, primarily against people of
color and under the pretext of the so-called war on drugs.

In June of this year, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a
comprehensive report entitled =E2=80=9CWar Comes Home: The Excessive Milita=
rization
of American Policing
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which concludes that the US police force has become =E2=80=9Cexcessively
militarized through the use of weapons and tactics designed for the
battlefield=E2=80=9D and that this alarming trend =E2=80=9Cunfairly impacts=
 people of color
and undermines individual liberties, and it has been allowed to happen in
the absence of any meaningful public discussion.=E2=80=9D

While this escalation is ostensibly aimed at protecting the population from
violent threats, the ACLU found that 62% of the SWAT raids examined were
used to search for drugs, while only 7% were used for =E2=80=9Cfor hostages,
barricade, or active shooter scenarios.=E2=80=9D

The use of SWAT teams has been skyrocketing over the past 45 years, accordi=
ng
to Professor Peter Kraska
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of
Eastern Kentucky University=E2=80=99s School of Justice Studies. In the 197=
0s, they
were used only a few hundred times a year; now they=E2=80=99re deployed abo=
ut
50,000 times annually, Kraska estimates. In some cases, they=E2=80=99ve eve=
n been
used to break up illegal poker games, unlicensed barber shops and under-age
drinking. In the case of Jesus Llovera
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gnid84MrU6w-3D-3D>,
a suspected organizer of cockfights in Maricopa County Arizona, in 2011 a
SWAT team took over the man=E2=80=99s living room, and drove a tank into hi=
s yard,
killing his dog and over 100 of his chickens.

Highlighting the fact that this militarization is part of a wider assault
of people of color in America, Alex Kane points out in *Alternet
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that
this violence is tied to the =E2=80=9Cwar on undocumented immigrants.=E2=80=
=9D Kane cites
the ACLU=E2=80=99s report on Arizona=E2=80=99s infamously anti-immigrant sh=
eriff Joe
Arpaio, who, in addition to acquiring five armored vehicles and ten
helicopters, has =E2=80=9Ca machine gun so powerful it could tear through b=
uildings
on multiple city blocks.=E2=80=9D

One step in the right direction following police violence in Ferguson would
be to demilitarize the US police force. As an unnamed Ferguson resident
recently told the *BBC*
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about his city=E2=80=99s police officers: =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s power. They=
 have the power, they
feel we don=E2=80=99t. That=E2=80=99s why they do the things that they do. =
What they did to
young Michael Brown, that=E2=80=99s unnecessary. That=E2=80=99s overkill.=
=E2=80=9D

*Benjamin Dangl is a doctoral candidate in Latin American History at McGill
University, and the author of the books Dancing with Dynamite: Social
Movements and States in Latin America
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cX-2BLg-3D-3D>**,
and The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia
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gD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc65=
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								<p>=E2=80=9CHave no doubt, police in the United States are militari=
zing, and in many communities, particularly those of color, the message is =
being received loud and clear: =E2=80=98You are the enemy,=E2=80=99=E2=80=
=9D=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?=
upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK=
4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc650Kw6xyR0rQA6Sa9pCwWUWzY-2F1BwOU1=
P-2FELbqYRYHhkRrpP0gcpybDfLANvomOGasY-3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58Na=
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484wSxTObWDsLjxCh-2FHsgKxJDHBFDid90NuUE3Iw-2B0E8qDgAWuWFO5tyAJl2VXi-2B2qnZX=
HLayCrzjqyjg-2BypxuhhXiM2cIhAFti8wx7BYU1GVczYBF6ZQ-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank"=
>writes Tom Nolan</a>, who worked for 27 years in the Boston Police Departm=
ent. =E2=80=9CMany communities now look upon police as an occupying army, t=
heir streets more reminiscent of Baghdad or Kabul than a city in America.=
=E2=80=9D</p>

<p>This is no coincidence; much of the equipment used by police forces on t=
he streets of America today is in fact directly from the US military.</p>
<p>From a weaponization bonanza enabled by a little-known Pentagon program,=
 to an escalation in SWAT team deployments, the militarization of the US po=
lice force poses an=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zco=
mm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3V=
kxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc651glI-2FAafiAI0PW=
cYf0dPbL6oqcSECA6zel23jROqh5euNTm-2BotYq4CDy-2FngRC1lX0-3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-=
2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Qxs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrv=
L67UPVELryJy8c0d-2BNlzgiOzdDWtM8VGPGmu3uQdcTqJE6X-2B206jb0rP82e36C9EXOgqXZX=
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 target=3D"_blank">increasing threat to the American public</a>, as recentl=
y exhibited in Ferguson, Missouri.</p>

<p>Behind this militarization is the Pentagon=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9C1033 progr=
am,=E2=80=9D created in the National Defense Authorization Act for 1997, wh=
ich enables the Defense Department to=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=
=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O=
2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEX=
c6533unuky5eVAOPITvcRJQc0tIY8rYqaPCDYcSuXb-2B-2FLNqL8Xdftf1UP7nooM3pAQJg-3D=
_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Qxs=
8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVOJP7CKPn9eZZCVu0LwAFeEGB2Feh2h5JmQiCuZiIOWupR03BBJVU=
b-2FtsaKeZiiq0U4A6YJ9LPBqyKqBwIoetlGUGpgAHJpa5sbRJzZPZVepj5WfckdK0-2Bw5HDOj=
bz6aTA-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">provide surplus military equipment</a> at a=
 highly reduced cost to local police departments. The program was <a style=
=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2F=
D2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHl=
RDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc650ed-2B4wEEh7nG-2FeWju9yF2PmbI8l-2FEIqquaxinxo22JR=
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2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Qxs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVBCn3-2B8SM-2FonPR8abcbFo7=
Yi3cMwJcfnpUVxd-2BD9x-2B6L-2FhVY0nY2crLH5OkyC3ZEz0pQbA0ylDNM04O1pOc7bqYYLnY=
Rv1jWdrWNzaA5beY-2Fj-2BywyXpTXjhkPdU84f3xMg-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">expand=
ed after 9/11</a>, and has led to the distribution of=C2=A0<a style=3D"colo=
r:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jer=
eECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSws=
gEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc653VvsPrukIWZDNNu5DA9UEpuA3RNlF85NvevXM3fRARbUU4tlNCZH8Jfc3=
NUM02eoQ-3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFR=
xu-2Fsh9Qxs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVIbn8uYiNaAO31wuxWQxKaVIgqaZPbkNN4mc3f5AxR=
J5wMvLCthsNmgB0pLfpjUo53ypGvvOogXB6QqKn7nf7ZcyRUWLzw-2BAPLTgwQn1BnABMtSoRCA=
7hjd80fgA9vW7MQ-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">$4.2 billion</a>=C2=A0in equipment=
. Police departments across the country=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" hre=
f=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1=
O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXE=
Xc652Gk-2F9Ha-2BJE6vgk3HYxGJZ1-2BNYSwDLEbAc5VFR9pJ-2BpB837GqigPlxOVx61knv65=
As-3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fs=
h9Qxs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVHyulvJiy3-2BOfz3UAD5AJvP0WE-2BlmUlLjbzRdz1iNxJ1=
5QTpwaGgvHZw4VQ-2Fn-2FuMc5N-2BHuENcE7QhGs14wiWzJR7ezz9iOA9ra5HAmLORNVYWhDOj=
yHnnFHr0wKDMGQKbw-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">now utilize</a>=C2=A0some 500 mi=
litary aircraft, 93,763 assault weapons and 432 Mine-Resistant Ambush Prote=
cted military vehicles =E2=80=93 which cost around $700,000 new, and are be=
ing sold to police departments for as low as=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b=
" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3=
ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMB=
kOZXEXc6538loK2rigJTcyP3RMKZg0qOIi81mFyz7zXZv9pYyrYrZ1RZkEpTIQYe58nRsiZ1cA-=
3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Q=
xs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVA8cbwRWZfivuSgRNFO1FXEq3zoxU-2B7JxtfXPI-2B4xkIQ43a=
CQIRBi7d0e-2BYGHO0mJtpzItZK5nFkf8D1hAQZGDIv5TIF2Zgu1TOBLW4H0xMHXvXA87jM7YbX=
wU1r9OWzug-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">$2,800</a>.</p>

<p>An example of the program cited by=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=
=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O=
2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEX=
c650ed-2B4wEEh7nG-2FeWju9yF2PmbI8l-2FEIqquaxinxo22JRfYVp-2FDFyuiFBWGbL6lt47=
E-3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh=
9Qxs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVHz7czTd6QM0mFFwwa0ja4mzE9Z3fU2YjaaqJ1Ksmc9kUCUYS=
17qQD2CtU8nvB8HSk2Z8ts8t3333DzNEX9w6Dj7g2-2FrP-2FOsJolFG-2FM0V8D8mDRlosn2Xq=
Ltmk-2B5RmHuXQ-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank"></em><em>The Guardian</a> pointed t=
o a Richland County sheriff in South Carolina obtaining a tank with 360-deg=
ree rotating machine gun turrets. The tank was named =E2=80=9CThe Peacemake=
r.=E2=80=9D</p>

<p>Such unnecessary equipment is being utilized in cities and small towns a=
cross the country without sufficient oversight, proper training, or public =
input.</p>
<p>Following the outcry over police violence in Ferguson, the Pentagon stil=
l maintains that the weapon-selling program is for the public good. As Pent=
agon spokesman John Kirby told=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http=
://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4Vk=
ZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc6537NLK=
f2ciV-2F7FNruYvYnginAX4APyy9DOJUjttGffLa-2FvY538TgjnRev-2BuCKehlKw-3D_V-2FU=
UiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Qxs8Ms3gK=
tIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVOZPvtGWzOEXsasxJdGKZ8dyR2rt38kK7eC3mLYmNGCOykLzsrc-2FHn9vg=
Xzk9mTxIlzq5eLNZ7CUBK7pcUvSm-2FP5eyNZoP5ZI8jnaNVlJJ-2BG87qc2-2BPRyqX7EKFzH2=
5LSg-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank"></em><em>Newsweek</a>, =E2=80=9CThis is a use=
ful program that allows for the reuse of military equipment that would othe=
rwise be disposed of, that could be used by law enforcement agencies to ser=
ve their citizens.=E2=80=9D</p>

<p>However, rather than serving citizens, this militarization of the police=
 force has contributed to unnecessary violence, primarily against people of=
 color and under the pretext of the so-called war on drugs.</p>
<p>In June of this year, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released=
 a comprehensive report entitled=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"ht=
tp://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4=
VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc651Fx=
E104U6DB1V8-2BDcFNDezAqtu4uIahN9evZ-2B7LR0R9BRfF7ny9TaoZgZt9FBCQxM-3D_V-2FU=
UiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Qxs8Ms3gK=
tIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVMA8o9D9rbMpmXesbbDQyuG4giNDaGW36nv-2Fo9dROYbVvu8QhcaWDr4M-=
2FJoZth9wxZxSaMXILRQqvPjvyv6ETjL9J-2FJucAXzV58QiwH2VROLF-2BjIFcaJ9quttC-2Bb=
aw8fyw-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">=E2=80=9CWar Comes Home: The Excessive Mili=
tarization of American Policing</a>,=E2=80=9D which concludes that the US p=
olice force has become =E2=80=9Cexcessively militarized through the use of =
weapons and tactics designed for the battlefield=E2=80=9D and that this ala=
rming trend =E2=80=9Cunfairly impacts people of color and undermines indivi=
dual liberties, and it has been allowed to happen in the absence of any mea=
ningful public discussion.=E2=80=9D</p>

<p>While this escalation is ostensibly aimed at protecting the population f=
rom violent threats, the ACLU found that 62% of the SWAT raids examined wer=
e used to search for drugs, while only 7% were used for =E2=80=9Cfor hostag=
es, barricade, or active shooter scenarios.=E2=80=9D</p>

<p>The use of SWAT teams has been skyrocketing over the past 45 years,=C2=
=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D=
9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOF=
ozl5YCGVxHlRDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc6517gorp7aiCE-2Bw8bLFD-2FXMeKo5Cqor1Jtet=
v9ln8qmd7kp98vzA-2BU5ihBfjV8zihSs-3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTI=
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uyah2H-2FGLV4DcDaEUr3m7xLfI2efWHfc-2BGo9bas3dWgqJBuk0raR7rz42VnhVh3-2BeMrGH=
1PmQb1uhdrfTziZl4plvW4kMrFssDdQsHZSzG-2Bh-2Fb6wQ-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">a=
ccording to Professor Peter Kraska</a>=C2=A0of Eastern Kentucky University=
=E2=80=99s School of Justice Studies. In the 1970s, they were used only a f=
ew hundred times a year; now they=E2=80=99re deployed about 50,000 times an=
nually, Kraska estimates. In some cases, they=E2=80=99ve even been used to =
break up illegal poker games, unlicensed barber shops and under-age drinkin=
g. In the <a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click=
?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2F=
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r58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Qxs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVD1pBuJo=
jba2eJG3mvZuhYQs3GJ-2BCnfVBV-2FU0HhqZoxz4-2Fxuzl1FrsK-2ByqURCEq4PtJ1CpQqqJt=
PHeHsmK3jjIeUUgxIEbtXjk2GfmMw8moKyqeeARcvTaggnid84MrU6w-3D-3D" target=3D"_b=
lank">case of=C2=A0Jesus Llovera</a>, a suspected organizer of cockfights i=
n Maricopa County Arizona, in 2011 a SWAT team took over the man=E2=80=99s =
living room, and drove a tank into his yard, killing his dog and over 100 o=
f his chickens.</p>

<p>Highlighting the fact that this militarization is part of a wider assaul=
t of people of color in America, Alex Kane points out in=C2=A0<em><a style=
=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2F=
D2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-2F-2FK4zNQOFozl5YCGVxHl=
RDfLMSwsgEIOhlAMBkOZXEXc650qGY14XJLuMuy7ggOXCgANVjRFZwhw9Q0UfdP0ggnkNOgFjoj=
k4LGoe25lUKJrgG8-3D_V-2FUUiW5KvBPNV-2FItFYsbuIFOqr58NacNTIV3-2FGcH-2BSDPqde=
1Zc4dmFRxu-2Fsh9Qxs8Ms3gKtIS-2FYHZrvL67UPVHACVADXyhx53Qz3JEPMd99i3z23jaxmGK=
dtmN54A-2F8hL7KD9WxYOQ8o9211WWu-2BysXndKMcpKjfltl3L6PXm63vWVc2zKlb1F0PJ9CdS=
TVa2bnp6L5G3wIIqLVh5yzblQ-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">Alternet</a></em>=C2=A0t=
hat this violence is tied to the =E2=80=9Cwar on undocumented immigrants.=
=E2=80=9D Kane cites the ACLU=E2=80=99s report on Arizona=E2=80=99s infamou=
sly anti-immigrant sheriff Joe Arpaio, who, in addition to acquiring five a=
rmored vehicles and ten helicopters, has =E2=80=9Ca machine gun so powerful=
 it could tear through buildings on multiple city blocks.=E2=80=9D</p>

<p>One step in the right direction following police violence in Ferguson wo=
uld be to demilitarize the US police force. As an unnamed Ferguson resident=
 recently=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#21759b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/=
click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLGs3ocss1O2kcgD4VkZGxNQKyMz3VkxHcbWOxm-=
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zMBnCYBwNvb-2BQVNz3P-2BQdRgcSfr1t4Bi4psHKRgtjMwg-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank"><=
/em>told the=C2=A0<em>BBC</a> about his city=E2=80=99s police officers:=C2=
=A0=E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s power. They have the power, they feel we don=E2=80=
=99t. That=E2=80=99s why they do the things that they do. What they did to =
young Michael Brown, that=E2=80=99s unnecessary. That=E2=80=99s overkill.=
=E2=80=9D</p>

<p><em>Benjamin Dangl is a doctoral candidate in Latin American History at =
McGill University, and the author of the books=C2=A0<a style=3D"color:#2175=
9b" href=3D"http://send.zcomm.org/wf/click?upn=3D9PHos1J7-2FD2Lw6jereECeNLG=
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te-2BRvWCzocX-2BLg-3D-3D" target=3D"_blank">Dancing with Dynamite: Social M=
ovements and States in Latin America</a></em><em>, and=C2=A0<a style=3D"col=
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