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Marilyn Bechtel

California County Wins Fight Against World’s Largest Militarized Police Training Exercise

Activists have won a victory against Urban Shield, a massive militarized police training program featuring a weapons expo and the presence of right-wing groups such as the Oath Keepers.

April 05th, 2018

By Marilyn Bechtel

California County Wins Fight Against World’s Largest Militarized Police Training Exercise

OAKLAND, Calif. – In an action called “historic” by the program’s opponents, Alameda County Supervisors voted March 27 to end the county’s yearly Urban Shield tactical police disaster training exercise as it currently exists. For over a decade, the program – mainly funded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security – has brought law

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