Police militarizing with few checks on power, expert says
‘Does this community that hasn’t had a murder in ten years need an armored personnel carrier?’
By Phillip Swarts
The Washington Times
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Police forces around the United States are militarizing at an alarming rate, often without the knowledge of those who pay them, a criminal justice expert said Friday.
“Some of these city councils only become aware of what their police have and what they’ve been doing in the wake of a tragedy,” said Tim Lynch, the director of the Project on Criminal Justice at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank.
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