Why Do Cops Have Tanks? The Dangerous Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Submitted on July 6, 2011
By Rania Khalek - July 5, 2011
...[P]aramilitary raids that mirror the tactics of US soldiers in combat are not uncommon in America...America has seen a disturbing militarization of its civilian law enforcement over the last 30 years, along with a dramatic and unsettling rise in the use of paramilitary police units for routine police work. In fact, the most common use of SWAT teams today is to serve narcotics warrants, usually with forced, unannounced entry into the home.
