Police around the country have been using the panic around inflamed and artificial shoplifting fears to buy new equipment. We’re joined by Joey Scott, an LA-based investigative journalist and documentary photographer covering policing, surveillance, protests, prisons, and inequality, whose latest article on The Appeal is titled “Cops Used the Shoplifting Panic to Buy Tons of New Equipment.”

Read his article here: https://theappeal.org/shoplifting-panic-police-military-gear-license-plate-readers-facial-recognition/

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