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Topic: police militarization

Police attempt to control demonstrators protesting the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 18, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Getty/Scott Olson)

How American police got militarized

Peter Houlahan
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Response Team conducts basic SWAT training. (VANISH Films)

Do small town cops need military tanks?

Chris White
(AP/Denis Poroy)

"Swatting" didn't kill a man, police did

Alyona Minkovski
(AP/Steve Helber/Getty/ADDRicky/Salon)

Trump's runaway train

Chauncey DeVega
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Charlie May
Iesha Evans (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)

Anatony of an iconic image

Scott Eric Kaufman
Dub Lawrence recreates police standoff with his son-in-law Brian Wood (Brad Barber)

Ingrid Lee, Stephen Talbot
A rally calling for an end to the NYPD policing policy called Broken Windows, Jan. 16, 2015, outside police union headquarters in New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Fixing "broken windows"

Elias Isquith
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(Reuters)

19 cops descend

Scott Eric Kaufman
(AP/Michael Dwyer/Huffington Post)

Ferguson vs. journalism

Jack Mirkinson
(Reuters/Rick Wilking)

War is the police

Heather Digby Parton
The Wash and Shop Laundromat (center).

Scott Eric Kaufman
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(Fox News)

Fox host: Over-militarize cops

Joanna Rothkopf
Bill Clinton speaks during a campaign event for President Obama. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Zaid Jilani - Alternet
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch. (MSNBC)

White supremacy lives on

Falguni A. Sheth
Marcelle Stewart confronts police officers during a march and rally in downtown Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 11, 2014. (AP/Sid Hastings)

Ferguson's dire next chapter

RA Monaco
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Rand Paul (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Exclusive: Rand Paul unloads

Phillip M. Bailey
(WSAW-TV)

SWAT team for debt collection?

Luke Brinker
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1319155p1.html'>Kozorez Vladislav</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Alex Henderson - Alternet
A riot police officer (Reuters/Jim Young)

SWAT team's brutal murder

Alison Clement
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Bou Bou Phonesavanh (credit: The Phonesavanh family)

"It breaks my heart"

Alecia Phonesavanh
Police wearing riot gear walk toward a man with his hands raised Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP/Jeff Roberson)

Shoot first, ask later

Falguni A. Sheth
(Funny or Die)

Joanna Rothkopf
(Comedy Central)

Joanna Rothkopf
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