MEN IN BOOTS and camouflage sit on what appear to be armored tanks, as lightning flashes. The opening of the documentary Do Not Resist looks to be in Fallujah, but it’s in Ferguson, Missouri, shortly after the 2014 fatal officerinvolved shooting of Michael Brown. Protesters chant, “No justice, no peace,” as officers fire tear gas and push toward them with a wall of tactical vehicles.
THE WAR NEXT DOOR: Law enforcement officers patrolling Ferguson, Missouri, during the Michael Brown protests appeared to be combat-ready.
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While incidents like the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, in June, show that police need some military-quality equipment, director Craig Atkinson says officers use it too often— in drug-related SWAT raids or even when responding to possible housing code violations.