![]() His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America's earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society. Balko’s book tracks police militarization over the past 50 years, a period that not coincidentally corresponds with the rise of SWAT teams. A detailed history of a dangerous trend, Mr. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians' ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko chronicles the steady militarization of the police in the U.S. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies. But over the last two centuries, America's cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. ![]() The last days of colonialism taught America's revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. Newly added material brings the story through 2020, including analysis of the Ferguson protests, the Obama and Trump administrations, and the George Floyd protests. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians' ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the. ![]() ![]() This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. ![]()
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