Militarization of police is a man-made conflict because local and federal police departments purchase military grade weapons and giving them to police officers when they have the possibility to use it during their regular policing.
- Local and federal police departments are buying military grade equipment for police officers because if there’s an emergency or a riot the police can more effectively protect the community.
- Militarization of police is a man-made conflict because police departments are being given military grade weaponry and machinery. According to the article, Militarized policing is counterproductive, Stanford expert says, it claims, “Then the federal government got involved, donating surplus military equipment to police departments and, especially after 9/11, giving them money to buy advanced weaponry and other battlefield equipment.” This means that the federal government is contributing to the militarization of police officers by donating military equipment and money to police departments. According to the article, A Decade After 9/11, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized, the author states, “ It in fact began in the early 1980s, as the Reagan administration added a new dimension of literalness to Richard Nixon’s declaration of a “war on drugs.” This is stating that the origin of militarized police began with Richard Nixon’s war on drugs and the new dimension Ronald Reagan's administration added to it.