Radley Balko

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces (2013)

Radley Balko has written a persuasive and enraging account about the militarization of United States police forces since the 1970s. Balko describes how a clutch of factors like the 1965 Watts Riot, the 1966 University of Texas bell tower sniper, Black Panther-Police clashes in Los Angeles, and Pr...