Do you really think that your suggestion that the ills you speak of are some sort of new phenomenon from “the past decade”? Is there evidence to support an increase in police militarization? I suspect, if anything, we are now more aware of—and more sensitive to—civil liberties violations by police than ever. You think that strict, “evidence free” drug policies are something new? If anything, we are now seeing them swing to levels of tolerance that have not been observed in at least 30 years. You think anti-abortion efforts are new? Do you think that prison collusion with judges is a widespread phenomenon?
