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Essay / Analysis of the Criminal Justice System - 1215
The Pentagon also distributes military intelligence and equipment to those who wish to participate in drug trafficking research, leading to competition for funding, equipment and training between law enforcement agencies in the United States. “Military police” (76), formerly “community police” (76), was implemented by President Reagan in 1981 to fight drugs. In fact, most police forces in the country have taken advantage of the resources offered. Military tactics in urban centers have mostly taken the form of paramilitary SWAT, which is the special weapons and tactics unit. These SWAT raids, carried out mostly mercilessly in minority communities, are becoming frequent and have resulted in much unwarranted and unwarranted harm: "people have been killed by police (people) who are completely innocent of any crime" ( 75). “The amount of federal payments to police in a given locality was linked to the number of drug arrests in the city or county.”