{"id":2459,"date":"2014-09-01T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=2459"},"modified":"2014-09-01T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T19:43:11","slug":"militarized-police-and-the-threat-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=2459","title":{"rendered":"Militarized Police and the Threat to Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/dennis-j-kucinich\/police-militarization_b_5687598.html','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/i.huffpost.com\/gen\/1971091\/thumbs\/o-FERGUSON-facebook.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/dennis-j-kucinich\/police-militarization_b_5687598.html\\'&gt;Militarized Police And The Threat To Democracy&lt;\/a&gt;Posted: As a former big city mayor of a racially diverse city, Cleveland, Ohio, I can understand the cross currents sweeping through Ferguson, Missouri. We are at a moment of national crisis in the way our domestic law enforcement is being conducted. 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We are at a moment of national crisis in the way our domestic law enforcement is being conducted. 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