Lynn M. (officerripley) reviewed Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces on + 258 more book reviews
Even though first published five years ago, this books is timely as hell, i.e, this quote from it:
"[The militarization of the U.S.'s police forces] is how the country that gave the world the First Amendment now handles protest. There's a disquieting ease now with which authorities are willing to crush dissent--and at the very sorts of events where the right to dissent is the entire purpose of protecting free speech--that is, events where influential policymakers meet to make high-level decisions with far-reaching consequences. In fact, the more important the policymakers and the more consequential the decisions they'll be making, the more likely it is that police will use more force to keep protestors as far away as possible."
"[The militarization of the U.S.'s police forces] is how the country that gave the world the First Amendment now handles protest. There's a disquieting ease now with which authorities are willing to crush dissent--and at the very sorts of events where the right to dissent is the entire purpose of protecting free speech--that is, events where influential policymakers meet to make high-level decisions with far-reaching consequences. In fact, the more important the policymakers and the more consequential the decisions they'll be making, the more likely it is that police will use more force to keep protestors as far away as possible."
Lynn M. (officerripley) reviewed Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces on + 258 more book reviews
Even though first published five years ago, this books is timely as hell, i.e, this quote from it:
"[The militarization of the U.S.'s police forces] is how the country that gave the world the First Amendment now handles protest. There's a disquieting ease now with which authorities are willing to crush dissent--and at the very sorts of events where the right to dissent is the entire purpose of protecting free speech--that is, events where influential policymakers meet to make high-level decisions with far-reaching consequences. In fact, the more important the policymakers and the more consequential the decisions they'll be making, the more likely it is that police will use more force to keep protestors as far away as possible."
"[The militarization of the U.S.'s police forces] is how the country that gave the world the First Amendment now handles protest. There's a disquieting ease now with which authorities are willing to crush dissent--and at the very sorts of events where the right to dissent is the entire purpose of protecting free speech--that is, events where influential policymakers meet to make high-level decisions with far-reaching consequences. In fact, the more important the policymakers and the more consequential the decisions they'll be making, the more likely it is that police will use more force to keep protestors as far away as possible."
