The Father of S.W.A.T.

Why we need to call the mechanism, and its history, into crisis.

“In some blacks, when [a lethal chokehold] is applied, the veins or arteries do not open as fast as they do in normal people.” — Daryl Gates

Designs are often attributed to the director, or the individual who led their team to the end product. It’s important to remember that behind that designer was the team itself, a system of…