Israeli training of US police forces.  

June 8, 2020 Leena Dallasheh Palestine Working Group 0

In the context of the ongoing events in the US, important pieces about the connection of militarization of police forces and the Israeli occupation in Palestine:

Minnesota cops ‘trained by Israeli forces in restraint techniques’

 

Brutal: A Minnesota police officer sprays protesters with pepper spray at the weekend

WITH WHOM ARE MANY U.S. POLICE DEPARTMENTS TRAINING? WITH A CHRONIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATOR – ISRAEL

 

Baltimore County Sheriffs officers gather after Baltimore Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was acquitted of all charges in his murder trial for the death of Freddie Gray at the Mitchell Court House June 23, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

 

North Carolina city bans any training with Israel police or IDF

 

Israel police officers (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)