2020-07-02

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Knowing Better

The US was never supposed to have a large militarized police force, yet here we are. How did that happen? What do calls to #DefundThePolice actually mean?

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Thanks to Sarcasmitron for telling it like it is.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Sarcasmitron

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Some More News' video on Police Training

https://youtu.be/tuzQrbio2Qw

LegalEagle's videos on Qualified Immunity and Police Reform

https://youtu.be/Wl6yXjdMlHI

https://youtu.be/XSyr7HSGGQg

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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces (2013)

https://amzn.to/3dOFAWS

https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759

http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1128?fbclid=IwAR10ea5GSMLlE44S809DFFS6hqLaaw6yqlqUPtmbDvIjRH-iOAkKysIO9h0

https://www.businessinsider.com/police-rioted-george-floyd-riots-justifying-protests-2020-6?fbclid=IwAR2PBr-3rOX8VZ5Hnz4UmAyFWkmSXNSFJwoJ1stvUXKtyQypw3aAI4VRXE8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoFkor92dbg&feature=youtu.be

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/crime-rate-statistics

https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-proactive-policing-crime-20170925-story.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/cron/

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/17/nyregion/officers-rally-and-dinkins-is-their-target.html?fbclid=IwAR1gRJcNZ-SfCHsFsz0NrfjKo5VxSYPbwBt2apZO-rmdp4kXc9fXlKQqo6U

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/18/nyregion/dinkins-denounces-police-protest-as-furthering-an-image-of-racism.html?fbclid=IwAR2ajPJQMq6wKAAokCPeI5W_gNqRDSJG7ayqfEPYS4ISGX3OWsLvRDfHG2o

https://cjmasters.eku.edu/sites/cjmasters.eku.edu/files/21stmilitarization.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/09/01/rand-pauls-grand-inaccurate-retelling-of-federal-swat-team-raids/

https://sofrep.com/news/meet-nasas-special-weapons-and-tactics-team/

https://www.dla.mil/DispositionServices/Offers/Reutilization/LawEnforcement/ProgramFAQs.aspx

https://www.acolumbinesite.com/swat.php

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hcTX-YdD9yMJ:www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/NARRATIVE.Time.Line.htm+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-police-do-not-have-a-constitutional-duty-to-protect.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAfUI_hETy0

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-origins-of-policing-in-the-united-states/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/upshot/unrest-police-time-violent-crime.html

https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/history-policing-united-states-part-5

https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/jun/16/doj-police-shooting-family-dogs-has-become-epidemic/

https://www.aclu.org/other/cracks-system-20-years-unjust-federal-crack-cocaine-law

https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/us/los-angeles-riots-fast-facts/index.html

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/quarteringofsoldiersincolonialaamerica.pdf

https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/08/the-american-revolution-comes-to-albany-new-york-1756-1776/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/cop-fired-parkland-shooting-job-back-back-pay/story?id=70678466

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/hb531k/atlanta_police_officers_not_answering_some_911/fv7blts/?context=10000&user_id=22006272

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-lapd-battering-ram-20170427-story.html

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/the-rise-of-swat-sources/

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Hashtags: #history #politics #defundthepolice #police #policereform #blacklivesmatter #policebrutality #cop #crime #warondrugs

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