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Rethinking the role of police
In part two of our series looking at the role of police in society, IDEAS contributor Kyle G. Brown examines the use of police surveillance on citizens, the increased use of military tactics, and its struggles when responding to mental health emergencies.
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Posted: Feb 26, 2021 5:16 PM ET | Last Updated: February 26
A demonstrator holds her hands up and kneels in front of police at the Anaheim City Hall, in California. The peaceful protest occurred on June 1, 2020, over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer. Protesters took to streets around the world following Floyd s death, calling for an end to police violence.(Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)
Extremists have gone mainstream. Lawyers, realtors and every-day folks make up their ranks.
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
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Americans are being radicalized faster than ever before as politicians and community leaders continue mainstreaming far-right values, like white supremacy and anti-government rhetoric.
The ideas incubated by white nationalists are being pulled from the backwoods of Ku Klux Klan rallies and militia meetings and into the mainstream through the internet, so much so that nearly 25% of the American public has been exposed to them on a fairly regular basis, according to Devin Burghart, executive director for the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights.