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Preview: Season 30 Episode 20 | 2m 34s

A vital and influential exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Do Not Resist puts viewers in the center of the action – from inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of "righteous violence" to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments.

Aired: 11/20/17

Rating: NR

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How does military equipment get into police departments?

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Do Not Resist: Raid

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Do Not Resist: Ferguson

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Do Not Resist: Concord, NH

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