On AlterNet: swat

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How the Feds Fueled the Militarization of Police

Justin Elliott, Salon. December 26, 2011.

Billions in post-9/11 taxpayer dollars have paid for combat-style gear on display in the Occupy crackdowns.

SWAT Raids Gone Wrong -- Paramilitary Policing Is Out of Control

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. June 1, 2010.

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

Pakistani Government Closing Schools Amid Increased Attacks

Ashfaq Yusufzai, IPS News. October 27, 2009.

Between 2007 and 2009 alone, a total 188 schools for girls and 97 for boys were destroyed by the Taliban in Swat, displacing some 500,000 students.

The California Supreme Court Upheld Prop. 8, So Now What Do We Do?

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 27, 2009.

Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling was a big disappointment, but there's no time to mourn: We must turn this anger into momentum.

FBI Raids Wrong Apartment--Takes Chainsaw to Wrong Door, Holds Wrong Woman at Gunpoint

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.