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Police with lots of military gear kill civilians more often than less-militarized officers

  • Written by Casey Delehanty, Assistant Professor of Global Studies, Gardner-Webb University
Police with lots of military gear kill civilians more often than less-militarized officersA police tactical team in Ferguson, Mo., responds to 2014 protests against a white officer's killing of Michael Brown, a young Black man.AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Police departments that get more equipment from the military kill more civilians than departments that get less military gear. That’s the finding from research on a federal program...

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