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This historic review of America's police and police tactics is clear and direct in its nondismissal narrative. This is not an anti-police book, but a serious look at the growth and use of SWAT and military style tactics, at America's war on drugs, and the financial incentives that created the new "community police force"... This book is highly recommended for the historic value of the information; it is clear, concise, and well argued. Whether you are a lifetime, card carrying member of the ACLU or the newest law and order politician The Rise of the Warrior Cop provides a clear timeline and important information making it a must read.―New York Journal of Books"'Are cops constitutional?' It's a bold and provocative question, and the more Balko delves into the history of law enforcement, the more that question seems worth considering. ... After reading Balko, you'll be aware, alright-and scared."―Publishers Weekly"a well-researched book that piques the reader's intellect as much as it does his or her emotions."―Salt Lake Tribune"The best new book on a law-related topic I have read so far this year."―Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy"Excessively militarized policing is easy to ignore when a SWAT team is ramming down someone else's door or tear-gassing someone else's protest. What makes Rise of the Warrior Cop so important is that Mr. Balko makes police militarization real for all of us. This is a meticulously researched history book that casts needed light on a central civil liberties issue. Police militarization is something we should all care about, and Rise of the Warrior Cop will show you why."―Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union"With his thorough reporting and compelling storytelling gifts, Radley Balko builds a powerful narrative of the militarization of our police forces, which both liberals and conservatives have allowed to flourish. And he shows the chilling results of both parties' unwillingness to stand up to increasingly aggressive police tactics that often pit cops against those they are sworn to protect."―Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post"Rise of the Warrior Cop is a comprehensive look at the reasons for, and the results of, the increasing militarization of law enforcement. Civil libertarians on the left and limited government conservatives on the right should pay especially close attention to Radley Balko's examination of the link between the 'the war on drugs' and law enforcement's increased use of police state tactics."―Ron Paul, former Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate"Rise of the Warrior Cop asks many questions about the proper role of law enforcement and the effect of the drug war, America's longest war, on our communities... Balko interweaves history, the Constitution, and case law to create an account of how the massive expansion of SWAT teams occurred as the perfect storm of politics, ideology and federal fiscal coercion."―Diane Goldstein, Huffington Post"The best and most comprehensive account of the dangers of police militarization."―Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept"A fascinating and at times wrenching new book."―Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker
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About the Author
Radley Balko is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes about civil liberties, police, prosecutors, and the broader criminal justice system. He is currently a senior writer and investigative reporter for the Huffington Post. Previously, he was a senior editor for Reason magazine and a policy analyst for the Cato Institute. In 2011, the Los Angeles Press Club named him "Journalist of the Year." Follow him on twitter: @RadleyBalko
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Product details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: PublicAffairs; Reprint edition (August 26, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1610394577
ISBN-13: 978-1610394574
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
413 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#109,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Balko would have better served his audience by keeping his political opinions, left/lib agenda, written as facts, out of the text. I did find several contradictory statements, at times in the same chapter, all written as fact. This is evident throughout the book.One case in point, in his 1980's chapter, Balko describes the "Nixonian" task force overseen by then VP Bush in South Florida. He directs the reader to infer that the task focused on marijuana. He failed to mention the influx of powder and rock cocaine affecting the So. Florida area, and across the Country, and the crimes associated with it. He forgot, intentionally, I suppose, to mention Time Magazine's Paradise Lost, a national awakening; he failed to mention it.Balko rarely includes the stories of the many law enforcement officers (LEOs)lost, and even less on the premise that more guns, equipment, and tactics were primarily focused toward the safety of LEOs. Reluctantly, I gave it two stars. I have now learned to research an author's background before purchasing a book based on interest.
Balko provides ample evidence on the rise of the "prison industrial complex". He shows how the founders feared the military infringing on the rights of the citizens, and how that fear has been subverted by the militarization of the police. This has created a system in which heavily armed policeman bust down doors (and heads) in order to arrest (potential) minor criminals. He does not imply that all cops are bad, or that these issues are simply a police problem. Instead, he argues that the policy-makers have created this situation. This situation should frighten anyone who reads this with an open mind.One thing that the author did not explore was the victims of these no-knock raids. I believe that most of the victims of these SWAT team raids are the poor. The victims that do not have much of a voice in order to raise awareness and force politicians to change the laws in order to protect civil liberties. When the SWAT team does tend to raid the middle class, those anecdotal stories tend to get much more play in the press (like the mayor in Maryland who was raided when police delivered a package with drugs to his door). Thus, it is easy for arm-chair citizens to ignore such stories and think that surely those citizens who get raided by SWAT teams were doing *something* wrong. These people place too much trust in the police to not make mistakes, thinking that such things will never happen to them (and they might be right).Another related book to read would be 'The Divide' by Matt Tiabbi. These SWAT team raids do not happen in high-rise apartments of Wall Street traders. The gap in law enforcement tactics between the classes is something that will need to be addressed. This relates to the Ferguson and Staten Island police deaths. Brown and Garner did not have a death wish. They most likely were reflecting the years of pressure placed on them by no-mercy police and laws. Garner states in his video 'it ends today'. Our current system says that if you live in a bad neighborhood, you will be in a constant police presence. You'll be arrested for blocking a sidewalk, and the SWAT team will raid you if an informant says you are a pot dealer. In a vacuum, it is easy to say, obey the police and nothing will go wrong; nobody will die for a minor offense. But eventually, once you get tired of getting tread on, you'll buck up a bit. And if you die when the 5 or 6 policeman try to subdue you; so be it. We need to start empathizing with those less fortunate, or eventually, they'll come to the conclusion that the rest of society is their enemy.
I found this book by accident, having wandered my local bookstore after they didn't have something I wanted. Am I glad I did!The subject matter, given in the title, is one which has interested me for more than a decade. My best friend, then a San Diego County Sheriff's Detective, was listening to one of my LE (law enforcement) interactions. I grew up waving to cops; they waved back. But now they don't. And when I have to talk with (which happens a lot in my job) they are officious and distant. They'll wear their sunglasses indoors to avoid eye contact, and they will demand instant performance of their "requests" on pain of arrest. When I asked one to move a car blocking my driveway (he was writing a ticket) I was told to "back off or I'll arrest you for interfering." When a friend called to report she'd been threatened at knifepoint by her tenant she was told to request a restraining order. When I tried to make a complaint on both incidents they refused to accept them. Why am I treated like a suspect when I've done nothing wrong? Why can officers not be courteous like they used to? My friend told me it was because that's the way the public wanted them to be. I didn't believe him, and set out on a 10+ year research effort to figure out what he meant.This book doesn't answer this question any better; not directly at least. But it does set the stage by pointing out that the mentality of policing has changed from one of respect for the citizens to a relaxed (if nonexistent) tolerance for us as merely potential "collateral damage." We get in the way of their rush to protect us from bad guys, only to find out that many times there are no bad guys.Why does my local police force need an armored vehicle? I live in a small city (four square miles) of 54,000 people, with a sworn police force of almost 100 officers. Why does any police force need bayonets, given away by the Department of Defense almost upon request? The answer, for no good reason, is because they can. Policing has become a war of intimidation, with "collateral damage" consisting of innocent people killed or traumatized for years, and sometimes with officers killed. Along the way, the police have lost support from the people they protect.Mr. Balko places the blame squarely where it belongs, on the politicians who declare war all too often, sometimes creating statistics from the ether, and requiring that the citizens live in fear when, in truth, there is nothing to be afraid of except them. The book is filled with anecdotes of botched raids, stupid decision, and 20-20 hindsight. While some reviewers were distracted by the author's apparent support for casual drug use I did not see it with the same pervasive tone. The War on Drugs was used as an excuse by police agencies, first for the beginnings of militarization, and second as the ongoing funding source. In the need to show results, police lie under oath, judges never question it, and politicians foment additional fear. That's simply the backdrop, and the lack of Constitutional scholarship among the politicians, and especially our Supreme Court, made that happen. We the people should not tolerate it.The book is filled with real life anecdotes, showing the initial justification and the effect of policy decisions made before most of us were born. Along the way are countless tragedies. Who knew that 10% of the SWAT raids in New York were on mistaken locations, or based on false information? At almost 500 raids a year, that means 50 families traumatized, or worse, by black clad robocops shouting obscenities in the early morning hours to people awakened by a flash-bang grenades, then tied up on the floor and made to watch while the government trashes their homes, breaks their stuff, shoots their dogs, and then leaves without apologizing. It is a story that is repeated all too often, and yet one with an easy solution that no one in authority cares to see.
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