Former President Barack Obama called the recent federalization of police a “dangerous” trend and warned of President Donald Trump placing the U.S. military in more cities across America.
Obama was reacting to a transcript of a recent podcast from New York Times reporter Ezra Klein where he cautioned his listeners of the Trump administration’s “road to authoritarianism.”
“This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions,” Obama posted on X Thursday morning.
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