Radley Balko
Teoksen Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces tekijä
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Radley Balko reports on criminal justice, the drug war, and civil liberties for the Washington Post. He was previously a writer and investigative reporter at the Huffington Post and a reporter and editor for Reason magazine. He is also coauthor of the acclaimed book The Cadaver King and the Country näytä lisää Dentist: A True Story of injustice in the American South. He lives in Nashville. Tennessee. näytä vähemmän
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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South (2018) 246 kappaletta
Rise of the Warrior Cop by Radley Balko (2014-09-11) 3 kappaletta
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- Syntymäaika
- 1975-04-19
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Koulutus
- Indiana University Bloomington (B.A.|journalism|1997)
- Ammatit
- journalist
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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True… Tekijä: Radley Balko
Managed to finish this - barely.
I can't believe how recently these horrible people were allowed to control investigations.
The unholy triangle:
racism/drug war
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Asset forfeiture Erosion of castle doctrine (no knocks)
The point Balko makes, repeatedly, is that SWAT teams and military techniques are rarely used for movie-like bank robbery gunfights. Rather, these tools are mostly leveraged to execute search warrants against threats created by political ideology rather than a clear danger to the public. The same warrants were executed without violence prior to Gates propelling SWAT into public and elected officials' acceptance in the 60's. Police with military hardware are a political expression of power rather than a broad solution to public safety.… (lisätietoja)
racism/drug war
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Asset forfeiture Erosion of castle doctrine (no knocks)
The point Balko makes, repeatedly, is that SWAT teams and military techniques are rarely used for movie-like bank robbery gunfights. Rather, these tools are mostly leveraged to execute search warrants against threats created by political ideology rather than a clear danger to the public. The same warrants were executed without violence prior to Gates propelling SWAT into public and elected officials' acceptance in the 60's. Police with military hardware are a political expression of power rather than a broad solution to public safety.… (lisätietoja)
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