Thirty years after then-President Bill Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act into law, its enduring legacy of mass incarceration, police militarization, and over-criminalization continues to cast a long shadow over American society.
Today, we are grappling with the fallout of the Crime Bill’s “triple threat”: the militarization of police forces, a warrior mindset that views ordinary citizens as adversaries, and law enforcement training that prioritizes shooting first and asking questions later.
This dangerous combination all too often leads to deadly outcomes—routine traffic stops escalating to violence, excessive force used against unarmed individuals, and welfare checks that tragically turn fatal. More here…
