Swat Raids and Paramilitary Police

From Alternet:

“In 1980, 2,884 SWAT deployments were recorded nationwide; the number today is estimated by experts at 50,000 annually or more.”

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This is a really important piece and it has a lot of important information. After the murder of Aiyana Jones, I don’t think we can afford not to be pressing the cops about these issues.