2024-05-05T14:30:41-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/106562105/the-militarization-of-u-s-police Orhan Ayyüce 2014-08-14T22:36:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wr/wryywoj4qcc1zc1j.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The intensive militarization of America&rsquo;s police forces is a serious menace about which a small number of people have been loudly warning for years, with little attention or traction. &ldquo;The blurring distinctions between the police and military institutions and between war and law enforcement, police militarization&rdquo; as &ldquo;the process whereby civilian police increasingly draw from, and pattern themselves around, the tenets of militarism and the military model.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>And close to home, here at bigger Archinect circle, its impact on urban environments emphasized here. <a href="http://demilit.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DEMILIT</a></p>