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“Policing tends to be a consequence free profession.”

“Studies consistently show that undocumented immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native born citizens.”

“If the government wants to make an example of you by pounding you with a wholly disproportionate use of force, it can.”

We don’t have any reliable statistics on how and when lethal force is applied in these military style situations.

Community policing as well as the COPS program, have good intentions, but oftentimes the money funneled from those programs goes right into SWAT teams and further militarization.

“Law enforcement has never been good with self discipline.”

“Instead of allowing our soldiers to serve as cops, we’re turning our cops into soldiers.”

“The story of early American policing is one of overcorrection.”

Accountability is difficult for some police departments.

“Ironically, the less democratic British model proved to be more protective of individual rights than early American police departments.”

“Reconstruction set a new bar for military involvement for domestic affairs, but there’s been nothing like it since.”

“This is not an anti-cop book… this isn’t even an anti-SWAT book… if anything, this is an anti-politician book. Bad cops are the product of bad policy, and policy, is ultimately made by politicians.”

“No one can say for sure whether the Founders would have approved of modern policing, but it’s relatively certain that they wouldn’t have recognized it.”