Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen
Are We The Enemy Now?
For nearly 20 years, the goal of America’s perpetual war has been about dominating the world. It has been largely out of sight, but now it’s on our streets. Our president has turned the weapons on us; again the goal is domination of the streets. All decked out in combat gear, the line between police and the military is blurred. The police are hired by us to defend us, not attack us. On this show USAF retired Lieutenant Colonel and history professor William Astore gives his perspective on “warrior cops.” Astore says there’s a reason why we don’t have military parades in America.What we have here is a twisted version of security, but with millions witnessing the murder of George Floyd, and realizing that there are hundreds more like that we have not seen, perhaps this is a turning point.