Armor All?

Over the past few years, the Pentagon has doled out hundreds of millions of dollars worth of surplus military equipment to civilian police forces. As James Fallows explains, turning policemen into soldiers is the culmination of a long trend.

+ Just about every citizen is carrying a camera. Should police officers be required to record themselves? In 2012, researchers studied the impact of wearable cameras on police (and citizen) behavior. The results were pretty amazing.