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marew

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6. Book TV had a program about this this weekend,

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 07:11 PM

Sep 2013

"Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces"
Radley Balko

About the Program
Radley Balko talks about the militarization of the police in the United States, including the expanded use of SWAT teams to deal with low-level crimes. Mr. Balko argues that today police officers have become conditioned to seeing American citizens as the enemy. Mark Lomax, executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association, provides commentary. This event, held on Capitol Hill, was hosted by the Cato Institute.

About the Author
Radley Balko is a senior writer for Huffington Post and a former senior editor at Reason magazine. He was named Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club in 2011. He tweets at: @RadleyBalko.

You can watch this at their website. I've not seen this yet myself.
http://www.booktv.org/Program/14839/Rise+of+the+Warrior+Cop+The+Militarization+of+Americas+Police+Forces.aspx

I asked a cop about this shooting family dog issue. One dog was trying to hide under a bed in a back bedroom and the cops were in the wrong house! Completely inexcusable! The cop just blew me off. Do not trust them like I did so many years ago.

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Black Man gets in a serious car accident---seeks help--- get's shot and killed by a Police officer. [View all] trumad Sep 2013 OP

Fucked up cops are so god damn out of control gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

that's why I call them KKKops ~nt~ b.durruti Sep 2013 #3

That's mature. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #33

"Grow up" is a personal attack on another DUer. Trillo Sep 2013 #45

I agree gopiscrap Sep 2013 #123

The behaviour of the cops and their supporters in this country has become increasingly gopiscrap Sep 2013 #126

Diversion. nt valerief Sep 2013 #129

See reply 35. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #133

I dunno. Are you one? quakerboy Sep 2013 #130

See reply 35. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #134

Your assertion is underwhelming quakerboy Sep 2013 #135

See, I don't jump to conclusions. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #138

Except for the conclusion quakerboy Sep 2013 #140

Quite a broad brush you have there butch! rustydog Sep 2013 #122

OMG That poor man was seeking help life long demo Sep 2013 #2

Book TV had a program about this this weekend, marew Sep 2013 #6

Police seeing American citizens as the enemy. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #11

Police seeing BLACK American citizens as the enemy. That is all. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2013 #25

As a white American citizen, I am terrified of the police. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #28

They do generally treat black people worse, but plenty of white people LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #49

I'm white and have gotten tickets when conservatively dressed. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #99

My experience certainly doesn't rise to the level of what happened here reflection Sep 2013 #120

No guarantee even if you're a buttoned down white guy matt819 Sep 2013 #131

I agree...and it started with fucking Fox showing shows like COPS gopiscrap Sep 2013 #124

That never occurred to me about COPS. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #132

FDP ~nt~ b.durruti Sep 2013 #4

Living while black is increasingly fatal malaise Sep 2013 #5

He was a star football player at college too..just got engaged and just moved to the area.. HipChick Sep 2013 #16

The home owner was also heartless malaise Sep 2013 #17

She has blood on her hands too.. HipChick Sep 2013 #20

For sure malaise Sep 2013 #21

no, she does not JanMichael Sep 2013 #27

"The guy was banging on her door furiously in the middle of the night." No shit??!! Could that maybe Ghost in the Machine Sep 2013 #39

She didn't know he was in a car wreck. LisaL Sep 2013 #40

EMS would have gotten there in the same amount JanMichael Sep 2013 #47

Apparently caring for one another is no longer malaise Sep 2013 #82

Just curious - Who helped you? was it a single woman? ctaylors6 Sep 2013 #125

Sadly this exact situation has been used wercal Sep 2013 #29

I don't blame her either. LisaL Sep 2013 #41

It was reasonable to call 911 - They were needed no matter the reason for him pounding gollygee Sep 2013 #84

From what has been reported, she did tell 911 he was knocking on her door. LisaL Sep 2013 #100

That conflicts with other stuff I've seen here gollygee Sep 2013 #103

+1 TheDebbieDee Sep 2013 #42

absolutely riverwalker Sep 2013 #97

If someone I don't know knocks on my door after midnight Link Speed Sep 2013 #23

People are oftentimes terribly disoriented after a wreck. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #38

and it was a severe accident riverwalker Sep 2013 #98

Not sure. It depends. Dash87 Sep 2013 #81

Horrific iandhr Sep 2013 #7

WTF. Just... WTF. Initech Sep 2013 #8

Exactly my reaction : WTF !!! Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #13

OMG etherealtruth Sep 2013 #9

this guy can't make sense of it either Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #14

Disgusting etherealtruth Sep 2013 #15

I posted about this earlier..lynching never went away,it got morphed into murder by police HipChick Sep 2013 #10

That's a terrible summation Orrex Sep 2013 #12

+1,000 malaise Sep 2013 #22

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2013 #102

BIWB -- Being Injured While Black. marmar Sep 2013 #18

Cops. Iggo Sep 2013 #19

If you remove the quotation mark right before the URL then the link in the OP will work Tx4obama Sep 2013 #24

It's a tough job. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2013 #26

cop was arrested trumad Sep 2013 #34

Sure does. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #36

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 #116

The city/ county/ police department are handling this one JanMichael Sep 2013 #30

This breaks my heart! What is the country coming too????? emsimon33 Sep 2013 #31

This is f*cked up. The Mercenary Class is out for themselves, and out of control. ~nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #32

Charges seem appropriate. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #35

I'm hear nothing but heinous stuff coming out of North Carolina Auggie Sep 2013 #37

"She immediately closed the door, hit her panic alarm, called 911." Rex Sep 2013 #43

Oh for Pete's sake... Llewlladdwr Sep 2013 #44

Whatever you want to believe. Rex Sep 2013 #108

Maybe she had been attacked and raped by someone pretending to need help joeglow3 Sep 2013 #114

I'm with you. reflection Sep 2013 #121

I can't believe ANYONE is blaming this woman who answered the door cali Sep 2013 #46

People always like to pretend JanMichael Sep 2013 #48

Question is--- what if he were white? trumad Sep 2013 #51

Same JanMichael Sep 2013 #53

I called 911 on a white guy who was pounding on my door in the middle of the night gollygee Sep 2013 #59

I'd call 911 treestar Sep 2013 #88

Exactly. And kudos to the CPD for the fast arrest JanMichael Sep 2013 #94

A couple years back someone was banging on my door justiceischeap Sep 2013 #136

so, the repo man JanMichael Sep 2013 #137

Awww---but if it was a cherry sweet white person... trumad Sep 2013 #50

If a bloody stranger of *any* race woke me up at 2:30 AM pounding on my door, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #52

Disagreed JanMichael Sep 2013 #54

Chances increase big time if he was white. trumad Sep 2013 #55

I felt weird writing that, but it's true around where we are JanMichael Sep 2013 #57

Most horrific CT home invasion and murder of recent years. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #63

Thank you JanMichael Sep 2013 #71

I'm sorry, but how the fuck would YOU know? cali Sep 2013 #69

I'm sorry.. trumad Sep 2013 #72

I agree with those who suspect her response might have been different kcr Sep 2013 #60

Why? JanMichael Sep 2013 #62

Pretending to have been in an accident is not an uncommon ruse. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #64

She does't have to open the door. kcr Sep 2013 #66

How would she know that is not what was happening? LisaL Sep 2013 #73

Um. Because that wasn't what was happening? n/t kcr Sep 2013 #76

It's not uncommon to pretend to be in an accident in order to invade someone's home. Dash87 Sep 2013 #83

That may be kcr Sep 2013 #86

How many times did you have someone knocking on your door in the middle of the night? LisaL Sep 2013 #87

I actually had someone stumble drunk right through the door kcr Sep 2013 #90

because people usually do not knock when they are breaking in? bettyellen Sep 2013 #104

Yes, sometimes they do. LisaL Sep 2013 #105

Actually it is not an uncommon practice. Glassunion Sep 2013 #110

I can't believe I'm being asked why. kcr Sep 2013 #65

Hey, enjoy your outrage JanMichael Sep 2013 #67

Why thank you, I will. kcr Sep 2013 #68

Yep. And please note that JanMichael Sep 2013 #74

Oh, the poor woman who called the cops kcr Sep 2013 #75

Did she tell the police he was breaking in? gollygee Sep 2013 #77

The articles I read stated she reported an attempted break in kcr Sep 2013 #78

I see gollygee Sep 2013 #79

The article I read stated she told 911 this man was knocking on her door. LisaL Sep 2013 #85

How does any of that contradict what I've been saying? kcr Sep 2013 #89

You can maintain whatever it is you want. LisaL Sep 2013 #91

That's what I read too. However, the poster JanMichael Sep 2013 #92

No. kcr Sep 2013 #93

Oh. TN JanMichael Sep 2013 #95

Keep on puffing up kcr Sep 2013 #96

I think his odds would have been better but cali Sep 2013 #111

No, but they don't have to hit a panic button either kcr Sep 2013 #113

Right, because racial profiling should be rewarded when citizens do it. Rex Sep 2013 #109

Cops are out of control aolwien Sep 2013 #56

and the CPD JanMichael Sep 2013 #58

Note the articles in the Charlotte Observer today JanMichael Sep 2013 #61

The homeowner bears no guilt at all. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #70

So is helping them, well at least to people that have souls. Rex Sep 2013 #112

Zimmerman supporters like to say why didn't Trayvon run to neighbors or call police. Hoyt Sep 2013 #80

I remember that, too Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #117

It was bad enough on DU, but on sites where anyone could post, the Z supporters posted awful things. Hoyt Sep 2013 #119

. hedgehog Sep 2013 #101

This thread is depressing. We are apparently a nation too scared to have any humanity. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #106

I guess "aggressively" in this case Shankapotomus Sep 2013 #107

How sad and so senseless, they're suppose to be trained for crying out loud. Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #115

I'll admit I'm surprised to see the officer get charged Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #118

I find this hard to believe Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2013 #127

police are out of con-fucking- trol! cash__whatiwant Sep 2013 #128

our postracial utopia feels a lot like our racial past. nt La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #139