This op-ed column by Catherine M. Grosso, Professor of Law at Michigan State University, articulates a warning that democracy only thrives when government and police powers are properly restrained. Professor Grosso thus laments the expansion of police powers by the Department of Homeland Security; DHS-sponsored Fusion Centers introduce invasive policing that, under the guise of fighting terrorism, leads to arbitrary policing that indiscriminately targets minority communities. This op-ed was based on research conducted by the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at the Rutgers Law School, whose report on fusion centers more fully documents this phenomenon.
Read the op-ed here.
