Since the end of the Cold War, SWAT teams have proliferated across the United States and the number of no-knock raids on private citizens has risen dramatically. Abby Hall and Chris Coyne explain that this is the result of the boomerang effect– the process by which, in the absence of strong formal constraints, tactics used in foreign interventions abroad are later used to limit the liberties of people back home.
By Illinois ReviewAnother violent “teen takeover” erupted in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, leaving five Chicago Police officers injured after they were struck by a vehicle while attempting...
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