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To Serve And Protect: VICE On HBO Debrief (Episode 2)
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A Vice video debrief reporting how the police in America have been transformed into what seems like the equivalent of a military warrior, with a no questions asked or answered attitude. He explains how the police in Ferguson Missouri were actually the cause of many of the problems that broke out there. He tells how in the US police stations have been gathering Military grade equipment.
According to “>Vice The fatal shooting of Michael Brown in the summer of 2014 sparked a series of protests in Ferguson, Missouri which quickly spread across the country. The strength of the law enforcement response in Ferguson to these protests set off a fierce debate about the increasing militarization of the American police force. Thomas Morton goes to Ferguson at the height of the protests to get an in-depth look at the situation on the ground. He then goes to Urban Shield in Oakland, California and talks to expert Radley Balko to learn how US SWAT teams and police are being trained and how they are getting military grade equipment to police their local communities. Senator Rand Paul discusses the efforts being made in Washington to address this issue, and its underlying causes.
