On the Dehumanization of Military and Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc and their controversial “No More Hesitation” series of cardboard targets features pregnant women, children and the elderly to help cops learn how to shoot at them without pesky compassion or horror at what they are doing getting in the way. http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/19/is-your-local-police-department-using-pi
Military suicides and the need for better mental healthcare access? How about a less dehumanizing foreign policy… http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/parents-tie-mental-health-stigma-seal-suicide-article-1.1237877
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/22/dirty_wars_jeremy_scahill_and_rick
Of course the Drug War and accepting its premises enable the dehumanizing of law enforcement at home. Accepting the justifications for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars allows our military to be dehumanized abroad.
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