One of the most striking realizations to come from the tense standoff in Ferguson, Missouri is just how closely the scene resembles images of crackdowns on protests in conflict-filled countries around the world. Seeing police officers in full military gear, firing teargas and rubber bullets at crowds of protesters, is something that western audiences expect from the streets of Kiev and Cairo, but not a St. Louis suburb.
The armored officers in Ferguson are indicative of the growing trend of militarization in America’s police forces, one that Alec MacGillis of the New Republic reports has put hundreds of millions of dollars …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
