Mechanical Freak

Greg and Colin listen to Brian Platt, local aerospace machinist and journalist, about the history of policing and its relatively modern militarization, the burgeoning cultural psychosis of fear and victimhood (much like that gripping American conservatism), and the Seattle Police Officers Guild’s (SPOG) recent contract “win” at City Council and what that means for the city.

Follow Brian on Twitter @brian_noname

Read Brian’s piece on policing in Jacobin “Cops Are at War Out There”