Rodney Balko has released a new book, Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America. Read about it here.
The book is important for two reasons. First, it has an disturbing story to tell of how the police can and do break into SAmericans' homes and kill them, even when innocent, with no reprucussions.

Second, for those so-called classical liberals who still, insanely, provide excuses for the right wingers they think of as erring allies, consider the probable reaction of the Republican Party to Balko's book compared to Daily Kos which praises the book. Kos, of course, is the prime site for what is now called the left wing of the Democratic Party.

Gus diZerega - 9/10/2006

My incredibly poor head for names caught me again. The author's name is Radley Balko. And his blog is Radley Balko... not Rodney.

With thanks to Tim Starr for the correction.

One reason I am a theorist and not an historian!

Gus

Gus diZerega - 9/10/2006

I dunno what I did wrong in embedding the Kos site that praises the Balko book. here it is
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/10/115520/124