Here’s Peter Moskos last year:
The present-day prevalence of paramilitary policing is inseparable from the host of changes in U.S. law that began when Richard Nixon declared war on drugs.
This is a long-standing, well-documented civil rights issue. The war on drugs is a war on black people.
And here’s Ferguson, Missouri, yesterday:
Military-style police in overwhelming show of force: 3 APCs, ~100 officers, high-powered rifles #Fergusonpic.twitter.com/joc9ZnPuqM
— Sebastian Walker (@sebwalker) August 13, 2014
—Ryan O’Hanlon
