How “Protect and Serve” became “Search and Destroy”
After events in Ferguson, Missouri Brave New Films looked into how community police in suburban areas are being militarized and why. The film highlights various communities like Keene, New Hampshire, Cullman County, Alabama and others.
The short film explores the militarization of police beginning with the 1980s so-called war on drugs to a series of Pentagon programs designed to give military grade equipment to police forces around the country.