The American approach to law enforcement was forged by the experience of revolution. Emerging as they did from the shadow of British rule, the country's founders would likely have viewed police, as they exist today, as a standing army, and therefore a threat to liberty. Even so, excessive force and
Rise of the Warrior Cop
β Scribed by Balko, Radley
- Book ID
- 108475289
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781610392129
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β¦ Synopsis
The American approach to law enforcement was forged by the experience of revolution. Emerging as they did from the shadow of British rule, the country's founders would likely have viewed police, as they exist today, as a standing army, and therefore a threat to liberty. Even so, excessive force and disregard for the Bill of Rights have become epidemic in todayβs world. According to civil liberties reporter Radley Balko, these are all symptoms of a generation-long shift to increasingly aggressive, militaristic, and arguably unconstitutional policingβone that would have shocked the conscience of Americaβs founders.
Rise of the Warrior Cop traces the arc of U.S. law enforcement from the constables and private justice of colonial times to present-day SWAT teams and riot cops. Today, relentless βwar on drugsβ and βwar on terrorβ pronouncements from politicians, along with battle-clad police forces with tanks and machine guns have...
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