Why Did You Shoot Me? I Was Reading a Book Link

A sobering look from Salon at the militarization of the average police force:

In 2007 a Dallas SWAT team actually raided a Veterans of Foreign Wars outpost for hosting charity poker games. Players said the tactics were terrifying. One woman urinated on herself. When police raided a San Mateo, California, poker game in 2008, card players described cops storming the place “in full riot gear” and “with guns drawn.”

Note: Excerpted from Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces