Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's…

God bless America, and is the home of the brave men and women, who put their life's on the line and risk it to…

— Glen Rambharack

To me, there's only 5 real jobs in America: Police Officers, Teachers, Firefighters, Doctors, and the Military Service.

— Charles Barkley

Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how much it…

— Patrisse Cullors

I've seen villages in South America with no police whatever. Then the cops would arrive, then the sanitary inspectors, and before you know it…

— William S. Burroughs

What stands out to me in America was all the police vs. citizens turmoil. It's decades of bad policing, bad schooling, racism, bigotry and…

— Henry Rollins

We live in very volatile times. And it is super necessary that all of us resist this move toward the militarization and establishment of…

— Roger Waters

The militarization of the police is obviously not a secret. And the militarization of the force is to circumvent Posse Comitatus.

— Vermin Supreme

I think there was an overemphasis in the early stage on militarization rather than directly providing relief. I don't think it has any long-term…

— Noam Chomsky

I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.

— Jonathan Van Ness

In the United States, rising esteem for the military in uniform corresponds to the growing militarization of the society as a whole. All of…

— Michael Hardt

Within the United States especially, the often violent response to nonviolent forms of youth protests must be analyzed within the framework of a mammoth…

— Henry Giroux

We have to be able track the ways in which fear, for instance, is monopolized by state and media institutions, ways in which fear…

— Judith Butler

In fact, Clinton-era publications of the US Space Command describe control over space as a parallel to control over the oceans a century ago.…

— Noam Chomsky

There’s no real separation between the real world and the Internet. What we’ve begun to see now is a militarization of that space.

— Jacob Appelbaum

At a policy level, we can support protecting and serving as opposed to militarization or disproportionate response. Step one is making sure we don't…

— Zephyr Teachout