Focus on police militarisation

Militarisation is the process by which the values and norms of the military seep into other areas of our social life. Police forces are particularly susceptible to this process, and many countries are experiencing a trend of their police forces becoming more heavily militarised: heavier weaponry, more hierarchical discipline, hyper-masculine gender norms, and often a product of a siege or war mentality. You can read more about this in the latest edition of War Profiteers News here.

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