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Militarization of Police
Title (Dublin Core)
Militarization of Police
Description (Dublin Core)
The militarization of America's police first came in reaction to riots occurring in cities during the 1960s. These events were often in reaction to discrimination, poverty, high unemployment, inadequate schools, poor healthcare, limited housing options, and police brutality.
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The Act created the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, which made available grants to local governments to develop and purchase military-type resources to suppress riots. The money expedited the development of SWAT and other heavily armored police forces in cities to counteract uprisings.
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The Act created the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, which made available grants to local governments to develop and purchase military-type resources to suppress riots. The money expedited the development of SWAT and other heavily armored police forces in cities to counteract uprisings.
Date (Dublin Core)
November 16, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Drew Arrieta @itsdrw
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Dana Bell
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Instagram
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government Local
English
Protest
English
Social Class
English
Social Issues
English
Government Federal
English
Social Media (including Memes)
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
militarization
riot
history
discrimination
President Lyndon B. Johnson
unemployment
police brutality
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
SWAT
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
armored police force
Instagram
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militarization
police
American police
riots
discrimination
poverty
unemployment
inadequate schools
poor healthcare
police brutality
history
photographs
SWAT
armored police forces
Social Justice
Collection (Dublin Core)
Social Justice
Law Enforcement
Unemployment
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/15/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/29/2021
08/02/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
11/16/2020
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This item was submitted on March 15, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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