From Boston to Ferguson: Have We Reached a Tipping Point in the Police State?

NOW PLAYING: The difference between what happened in Boston in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and what is happening now in Ferguson, Missouri, is not in the government’s response but in the community’s reaction. Many Americans are now shocked at the tactics employed to quell citizen unrest—a massive SWAT team, an armored personnel carrier, men in camouflage pointing heavy artillery at the crowd, smoke bombs and tear gas. But as John W. Whitehead reveals in this week's video, 'we the people' have the power to stem the growth of the emerging police state.