This fall, WRL took our campaign against police militarization to a new level. Targeting the engines of police militarization, we mobilized against 5 major SWAT trainings across the US where police departments, arms vendors, and fearmongers come together to spread militant policing against our communities.

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From San Diego, to Chicago, to the Bay Area, to Louisville, we joined with local activists to push back on trainings that only teach law enforcement to escalate situations. It's at these SWAT trainings where police are indoctrinated with a "battle mindset" suggesting officers "TALK–FIGHT–SHOOT–LEAVE," such as the case of Alfred Olango who was shot and killed by police in El Cajon just outside of San Diego, as a response to Olango's mental health crisis earlier this month. It's at these SWAT trainings where police departments legally purchase tear gas from arms vendors to be used against Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock activists, punishing and criminalizing the right to protest. It's here where police are fed Islamophobic rhetoric and profiling tactics by infamous anti-Muslim conspirators, like Ryan Mauro of The Clarion Project and Fox News' Sebastian Gorka.

While this fall, the SWAT trainings went as planned, they didn't go on without disruption. Click here to check out our full coverage of The Fall of Police Militarization.





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