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Campaigners raised by increasingly ‘blurry’ line between British police and military
Police in riot gear during an anti-vaccination demonstration on Whitehall near Downing Street, London

by Bethany Rielly

CAMPAIGNERS raised the alarm yesterday over the increasing militarisation of the police and border control, warning of a “war mentality” infiltrating British policing. 

In a new report, police monitoring group Netpol and Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) express concerns at what they say is an increasingly “blurry” line between the police and military. 

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