Private security in U.S. increasingly heavily-armed and belligerent

In Harpers, Jasper Craven reports on "The Thin Purple Line"—the quickly-growing, heavily-armed and increasingly belligerent private security forces at work in America: "Americans' fear of crime is particularly disconnected from reality"

Yet while guards lack the training and public oversight of cops, they are increasingly coming to resemble them.

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