At an April 7 press conference, President Barack Obama’s special advisor for the Summit of Americas Jeffrey Davidow announced the administration’s new plan to provide U.S.-funded “public safety” programs to other governments throughout the Western Hemisphere. U.S. public safety programs are necessary now, Davidow said, because “Latin America [and] the Caribbean are witnessing an increase in criminality and are having difficulty… return to article
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Reader Comments (3)Page 1 of 1 pagesGreat piece, with important historical context. now we need the readers to act. Here is a 3minute video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfImBQGg6RM
Contact your congress member today about this. also, interns on this issue sought, see:
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Internship/135854-41
Posted by peace on May 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM —“Obama may not understand the dangerous waters his administration is drifting into by expanding “public safety” policing programs.”
Oh, I think he DOES. Obama is no idealist. He knows full well what these implications are.
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