It started with the US military passing around old armored vehicles and military gear, then, after 911, Homeland Security upped the ante and started offering grants for new military gear for domestic police forces. Now, welcome to the Police Industrial Complex.

Radley Balko, author of the “Rise of the Warrior Cop,” talks with Rivera Sun and Getch about the militarization of America’s police forces, this week, on Occupy Radio.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/

https://www.facebook.com/RiseOfTheWarriorCop

http://www.cato.org/events/rise-warrior-cop-militarization-americas-police-forces

Book review by former Occupy Radio guest Bruce Schneier:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/08/book_review_ris.html

Rivera Sun: “Meet Me At the Bill of Rights:” America’s Common Ground. http://www.risingsundancetheater.com/wpblog/?p=557

Listen on Archive.org:
https://archive.org/embed/131120OccupyRadioFinal128&autoplay=1

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https://archive.org/details/131120OccupyRadioFinal128