It's true that local police have become much more militarized over the past decade or two. Trickle-down military-industrial complex, so to speak. Radley Balko

It's true that local police have become much more militarized over the past decade or two. Trickle-down military-industrial complex, so to speak. Radley Balko is a writer who's covered the issue thoroughly: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/1610394577 https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Ameri... I just think it's pretty clear by now that the primary driving factor for police criminality becoming a political issue is that very many members of the socio-economic underclass now have internet-connected video cameras on them at all times.