Thursday, December 4, 2014

America’s Children: The Trials of Growing Up in a Police State

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/americas_children_the_trials_of_growing_up_in_a_police_state

After a year dominated with news of police shootings of unarmed citizens (including children), SWAT team raids gone awry, photo ops of militarized police shouldering assault rifles while perched on top of armored vehicles, and reports on how the police are using asset forfeiture laws to pad their pockets with luxury cars, cash and other expensive toys, I find myself wrestling with the question: how do you prepare a child for life in the American police state, especially when it comes to interactions with police?

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