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Cops With Machine Guns: The Killing of Michael Nida

Description:In October 2011, the police-related shooting death of unarmed man, Michael Nida, 31, raised serious questions about the state of policing in the city of Downey, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Why did it raise questions? The father of four who worked in construction wasn’t shot with a handgun by one of the Downey Police Department’s officers. He was shot with an MP5 submachine gun, the same gun used by the Navy Seals. (7:10)

Source: ReasonTV

Tags: Cops With Machine Guns , downy california , investigating police weapons , militarization of police force