A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

How can you expect people of color from that area to be kind to you, when you have drones watching over them, raid their homes with the slightest of evidence and have a dozen cops with military arsenal walking around them all the time? You don't see doctors with syringes up in your face, just in case you'll need them or a firefighter with a hose pointed at you, in the eventuality that you'll be set on fire.The government. should calm down from its obsession towards weapons if they want the citizens to give up theirs. I have a feeling that soon we'll watch another documentary from Ferguson called "Winter on Fire part 2".The U.S. forfeited a long time ago from the race of 'the greatest country in the world', but won the 'we have a lot of weapons, though' race and this weird fetish will cost them in the long run.

It's so weird when I watched this film and then, a Florida high school had a inexplainable mass shooting during the school hours. I then got on the Channel 2 to Channel 7, watching bunch of the guys telling about this massacre case, trying to give some answers to this USUAL tragedy that almost became the usual daily news all over America. I was watching this "Do Not Resist" describing America almost becomes a Police State, then looked at what happened in Florida. I found myself hardly to believe all of these sh@t still like a huge puzzle to all of us. What I like to say is:Amend the 2nd Amendment of the out-dated Constitution, abolish and delete "....the right to bear arms to protect...." first. You don't need the guns, because if we Americans are not in a Revolution status, we don't need to bear arms. Americans should follow suit after the Britons, throwing away the guns, making owning gun illegal, man. Ban the gun shops, ban the lobbyists for NRA, recall any senator or congressman to support NRA. If the common citizens got no guns, the cops don't have to arm to the teeth to be so defensive and offensive. It's a karma, a cycle, a snake biting and eating its own tail; as long as you don't do this, other parties won't do that. The Constitution should be adapted to the modern days situation and condition, we are not in 1776 now, we are in 2018, man. It's not a liberal or right wing agenda but a common sense. We do need to revise it better sooner than never, man.

What Atkinson sought out to do, he delivers on. Do Not Resist presents a fantastic look at a world many of us may not know about: the world of police militarization. Undoubtedly a magnet for criticism from those in political opposition, the film features recorded hearings and comments from politicians we know well, and it is impossible to proclaim bias as a simple fact check yields truth. You may gasp, you may cry, you may rise to anger or frustration...and that's the point. To evoke a response and demand attention to a disturbing issue taking place in the U.S. This film is by no means anti-cop. It is anti-militarization, and Atkinson tries to express that through the voices of former police officers who voice their concerns and discomfort with the use of armored vehicles and heavy artillery to address peaceful protests.Some of the shots are pretty impressive and the cinematography is wonderfully inventive for clips taken from the streets and chambers. Check the film out before making any premature assumptions, you just might learn something...I know I did.

Being Dutch I am not really used to violence of inner cities. I think SWAT Teams and tactical teams are for Hollywood movies and series. I am mistaken.This documentary show how ridiculous Americans are and how they are now militarizing their police. How some think its a good idea to rule the masses with armored vehicles and war-materials. It is already ridiculous what types of weapons police are using, but to go this far can only mean that there is some sort of master plan for the USA, that they foresee rebellion and uprising.The documentary is a real jaw-dropper and gives good insight in the mindset of politicians and civilians.