Innocent Grandmother Shot During Violent DEA Drug Raid In New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, NH — During a violent surprise raid on a family-occupied apartment, federal agents opened fire on an innocent grandmother as she reached out to protect an infant. On August 27th, 2014, a Manchester was at home watching over her 10-year-old daughter and two of her grandchildren (ages 4 and 1.5). At approximately 7:00 p.m. […]

Police State USA
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DEA-raid

MANCHESTER, NH — During a violent surprise raid on a family-occupied apartment, federal agents opened fire on an innocent grandmother as she reached out to protect an infant. On August 27th, 2014, a Manchester was at home watching over her 10-year-old daughter and two of her grandchildren (ages 4 and 1.5). At approximately 7:00 p.m. that

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ACLU Sues Massachusetts SWAT Teams For Refusing To Release Public Records

Law enforcement councils in Massachusetts refused to release their records on SWAT team activity, saying that as nonprofits, they’re exempt from open records requests.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke
SWAT

In response to being denied information about the activities of SWAT teams in Massachusetts, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against SWAT teams in the state, arguing that law enforcement agencies must be held accountable by the same group they were created to protect: the public. The lawsuit was

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ACLU Report Reveals Increasingly Militarized Police In U.S.

SWAT teams were designed to capture dangerous criminals, but unnecessary SWAT deployments are putting innocent lives at risk.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke
SWAT

A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union compares U.S. police officers’ treatment of American citizens to the U.S. military’s treatment of the country’s enemies in 800 different instances. In its report, “War Comes Home,” the ACLU determined that police departments throughout the U.S. are growing increasingly militarized. State

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Report: Militarization Of Police Turning Communities Of Color Into ‘War Zones’

“Our police are trampling on our civil rights and turning communities of color into war zones,” said Kara Dansky, senior counsel with the ACLU’s Center for Justice.

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley
SWAT

The rapid militarization of American police forces is turning our communities into "war zones" with tactics of war used disproportionately against people of color, charged a new report by the ACLU on Tuesday. The report, War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing (pdf) reveals how heavily armed Special Weapons and Tactics

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Fatal Shooting Of Octogenarian Fuels Concern Over SWAT Team Drug Raids

Law enforcement says SWAT teams are a response to the increase in well-armed suspects, but critics worry about the militarization of civil law enforcement.

Matthew Heller
بواسطة Matthew Heller
Seattle Campus Shooting

LOS ANGELES --- Early on the morning of June 27, 2013, a SWAT team of nine Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers went searching for a clandestine methamphetamine lab in the dusty desert community of Littlerock. They pulled up in front of a property that consisted of a 600-square-foot main house and several smaller structures,

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Rise Of Militarized Police Threatens Civil Rights, Community Well-Being

Problem-oriented policing is increasingly alienating the police from the communities they protect.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Police break up demonstrators at the end of their march through the streets of Chicago to protest the NATO Summit taking place in the city on May 20, 2012. (Photo Norbert Schiller/MintPress New)

It has been said that “if all you’ve got is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail.” Increasingly, a militarized, hostile police force has emerged in America, which has moved away from community-oriented policing and taken a hardened posture combatting crime -- typically, without adequate reserve or consideration toward the communities

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