# From citizen to subject: police militarisation and the imperial boomerang

An episode of [LSE: Public lectures and events](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/279428154), 27 May 2026, 1 h 28 min.

Audio: https://richmedia.lse.ac.uk/publicLecturesAndEvents/20260527_1830_fromCitizenToSubjectPoliceMilitarisationAndTheImperialBoomerang.mp3

Militarised policing is one of the preconditions for fascist rule, but how and why would police in liberal democracies militarise?

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