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11/09/2016 / By resistnews

Scary militarisation of America’s domestic police force

AMERICANS love their weapons, and the heavily-armed police force is no exception. Article by Rohan Smith Cops in America are armed to the teeth with weapons designed for the War on Terror. Instead, they’re being used for a war on the streets. The numbers are staggering. Between 2006 and 2014, US police forces received more […]

11/02/2016 / By resistnews

‘Do Not Resist’ documentary delves into police militarization

Article by Troy Reminik When metro Detroit natives Craig Atkinson and Laura Hartrick began working on a film about police militarization in 2013, they thought they had the subject to themselves. Then, 11 months after their research and filming began, clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson, Mo., following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown […]

10/18/2016 / By resistnews

Do Not Resist: new film shows how US police have become an occupying army

Craig Atkinson’s documentary about police militarization, Do Not Resist, is filled with unsettling scenes like the one where a Swat team destroys a family’s home during a drug raid that nets small amounts of loose marijuana. But the most disturbing scene transpires during the relative placidity of a seminar when a hugely successful lecturer tells […]

10/17/2016 / By resistnews

Review ‘Do Not Resist’ examines militarization of police

The parameters of homeland security are chillingly assessed in “Do Not Resist,” a troubling documentary examining the escalating militarization of the nation’s police forces. Article by Michael Rechtshaffen Craig Atkinson’s timely directorial debut opens on the streets of Ferguson, Mo., 10 days after the 2014 death of Michael Brown, where a SWAT team lobs tear gas […]

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