Episode

8/13 Radley Balko: Rise Of The Warrior Cop

August 13, 2013

Journalist, Radley Balko, explained the rise of “warrior cops” why the “wars” on “drugs” and “terrorism” have militarized the police, how the “drug war” brought battle field weapons to America’s streets, how Swat Teams became normalized, the corporate special interests that profit from warrior cops and the debate on how to reform the system.

On The Better Half: Random Rush, more problems with Cory Booker, James Clapper the Director Of National Intelligence who lied to the Senate will be in charge of the civil liberties overview of NSA programs and your calls and IMs.

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