美國警察軍隊化； NYC Subway Performers: We're Being Over-Policed

Acrobats, dancers and musicians who perform in New York City's subway system are decrying what they say is heavy-handed policing.
Do you think the police are too strict — or not — on subway performers?

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NYC Subway Performers: We're Being Over-Policed
More than 240 subway performers have been arrested so far this year. That's about four times as many as the same period last year.
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The Economist

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It is easy to see why American police like to be better armed than the people they have to arrest. They risk their lives every day, and are understandably keen to get home in one piece. Yet the events in‪#‎Ferguson‬ Missouri make this a good time to remind people how and why America's police became so militarised http://econ.st/1sUDUOd