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Ferguson and the rising police state in America

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Wearing riot gear, police and state troopers force protestors off Florissant Road in front of the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department following announcement that the officer that killed Michael Brown would not be indicted. Photo/Adrian Garcia

 

The underpinning of the rising police state is the changing economy and the mass poverty it produces.As the class aspects of the struggle become clear, the police more and more separate themselves from society and govern solely through force since the precedent has already been set by the attacks against the minorities.

 
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