Boom Shocka Locka
November 20, 2011
Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street →
A comment on recent police actions on protesters from the man who was Police Chief in Seattle during the “Battle of Seattle” in 1999.
Everyday policing is characterized by a SWAT mentality, every other 911 call a military mission. What emerges is a picture of a vital public-safety institution perpetually at war with its own people.