US activists protest police military training event

‘Hundreds of US activists have taken to the streets in Oakland, California, to protest a military training event for police known as Urban Shield.
The Stop Urban Shield Coalition held a rally Friday in front of the Alameda County government building to protest the controversial event that’s being hosted by the county sheriff’s office this weekend.
Urban Shield was launched in 2007 in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, which some police officials said showed that law enforcement agencies weren’t well prepared for such attacks.
The annual three-day weapons exposition also holds multi-disciplinary exercises for police.
However, opponents of the event say it increases the militarization of law enforcement and teaches them to act more like soldiers in their communities.’
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