In the wake of the Michael Brown killing, many are pointing to the "militarization" of the police as the problem. That the distribution of military-grade goods to local police departments as part of our various "Wars" (on drugs, on terror) is the proximate cause of the spectacular rise of police violence against civilians, up to and including the execution of unarmed citizens. I, as probably comes as no surprise, have a radically different perspective. See below the doodlebug.
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