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US-Polizeistaat

von: 9. August 2013

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Das “Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity” berichtet über die drastische Zunahme von US-Polizisten in Städten wie Los Angeles (10.000), Chicago (13.400) und New York (36.000). Noch problematischer sei die sprunghaft gestiegene Zahl an Einsätzen von Spezialeinheiten (SWATs): „Consider that in 1980, there were roughly 3,000 SWAT team-style raids in the US. By 2001, that number had grown to 45,000 and has since swelled to more than 80,000 SWAT team raids per year. On an average day in America, over 100 Americans have their homes raided by SWAT teams. In fact, there are few communities without a SWAT team on their police force today. In 1984, 25.6 percent of towns with populations between 25,000 and 50,000 people had a SWAT team. That number rose to 80 percent by 2005.” (jw)