Mapping Paramilitary Police Raids in America

Thanks to Cato.org for their excellent policy paper, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America." Posted via MetaFilter, it gives me a chill to see the numbers.

Included in the report is a revealing U.S. map, Botched Paramilitary Police Raids: An Interactive Map.

The Map Key includes:

• Death of an innocent
• Raid on an innocent suspect
• Death or injury of a police officer
• Other examples of paramilitary police excess
• Death of a nonviolent offender
• Unnecessary raids on doctors and sick people

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