2 Per Day: Report Shows Twice As Many Killed By Police in 2015 As FBI Estimated

A report by the Washington Post found that twice as many people were being killed by police as FBI figures previously accounted for, while the Guardian showed how much more likely blacks were to be shot.

Kit O'Connell
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A protestor hangs a banner atop the flagpole of the Oakland Police Department

A protestor hangs a banner atop the flagpole of the Oakland Police Department Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, in Oakland, Calif.  (AP Photo/Ben Margot) WASHINGTON --- Two reports improve on the government’s incomplete statistics about America’s epidemic of police violence, showing just how deadly cops have become. According to statistics compiled

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Senator Says Cops Can Own Assault Weapons, But Anyone Else Only Wants ‘Armed Insurrection’

The Senator claims that any and all who want guns that hold more than 10 rounds are only interested in “armed insurrection” and have essentially committed an act of treason.

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بواسطة Moreh B.D.K. | Counter Current News
Los Angeles Police officers assist Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA agents serving a federal warrant to shut down a Marijuana dispensary operating in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Disclaimer: The photo is file photo of a Los Angeles SWAT team member, and does not depict a so-called assault weapon. In 2012, Cleveland, Ohio police officers fired 137 rounds into a car full of unarmed African Americans suspects who they had been pursuing. Not one person in the vehicle had threatened officers, or made any move that would

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Largest State Police Agency In The US, Now Openly Self-Described As A “Paramilitary Organization”

The California Highway Patrol is recruiting former soldiers to their “paramilitary organization”, a monicker they proudly boast in their own recruiting ads.

John Vibes
بواسطة John Vibes
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As the debate surrounding police militarization continues to grow, some police departments are actually seeking to become more like military organizations. Some of those departments are actually even going public with their militaristic aspirations. The California Highway Patrol for example, lists as its #1 question on its employment application

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Public School Police Receive Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle

Police for San Diego city schools have obtained a war-grade armored vehicle from the Department of Defense.

Sarah Lazare
بواسطة Sarah Lazare
mrap

The police department for San Diego's public schools recently revealed that they have acquired a large armored combat vehicle from the U.S. military. The $700,000 mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP), which is designed to withstand blasts from improvised explosive devices and mines, was given to law enforcement for the Unified School

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VIDEO: Lawmakers Probe Militarization Of US Civilian Police Departments

U.S. lawmakers in Washington are reviewing federal government programs that provide billions of dollars in surplus military equipment to civilian police departments. The action comes amid growing calls for an end to the so-called “militarization” of local police forces. It follows the police response to quell days of unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after the fatal shooting last month of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer.

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Grassroots Resistance As ‘Police Militarization’ Expo Descends on Oakland

While world watches US law enforcement, ‘Urban Shield’ brings defense contractors, law enforcement agencies, and SWAT teams for war games and arms trade.

Sarah Lazare
بواسطة Sarah Lazare

Sustained resistance in Ferguson, Missouri — in the face of riot police, and military service members, and war-grade weapons and vehicles — has forced the issue of police racism and militarization into the national and global spotlight. As the summer closes on a note of outrage, forces driving police militarization — including defense

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