Where did America go wrong?
Police militarization
Did CIA drug-involvement lead to police militarization?
When exactly did American cops go from the friendly neighborhood watch to full-fledged military occupation?
There are several angles and perspectives to look at this question from.
One of the roots may be found within the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s, full of CIA drug-trafficking and the beginnings of the so-called “War on Drugs”.