How The Cops Became An Army

<p>A militia member <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/black-lives-matter-protester-shot-albuquerque">shot a protestor</a> who was trying to get a racist statue taken down. Nuclear Summer: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/three-indian-soldiers-killed-in-rare-clash-on-china-india-border/2020/06/16/13c11c46-afa5-11ea-98b5-279a6479a1e4_story.html">India and China</a> are beefing, and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-liaison-office-kaesong-explosion-demolish-dmz/2020/06/16/7c7a2dc0-af9d-11ea-98b5-279a6479a1e4_story.html">North Korea</a> is literally blowing up symbolic buildings. You have an <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/coronavirus-oscars-academy-awards-postponed">extra two months</a> to get your movie Oscar-ready, filmmakers. And we talk to the Washington Post’s <a href="https://twitter.com/radleybalko">Radley Balko</a> about how we got cops patrolling the streets in armored cars and shit. </p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>