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“Minority group threat can, in part, account for police acquisition of military equipment… The value of militarized property received is consistent with social control responses in which overwhelming force is used toward both Black and Hispanic minority populations."

Policing Through Subsidized Firepower: An Assessment of Rational Choice and Minority Threat Explanations of Police Participation in the 1033 Program

Criminology

Ramey, David M. / Steidley, Trent

Vol. 56 Issue 4, pp. 812–856, 2018

10.1111/1745-9125.12193

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