michael kors black Friday The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States. Starting Wednesday, ACLU affiliates in 23 states are sending open records requests to hundreds of state and local police agencies requesting information about their SWAT teams, such as how often and for what reasons they're deployed, what types of weapons they use, how often citizens are injured during SWAT raids, and how they're funded. More affiliates may join the effort in the coming weeks..Part of the issue that restricts people from bending forward properly is that their hamstrings and low back stiffen. These muscles don't always stiffen because they are "tight", but rather that they are tightening to protect and stabilize the pelvis and spine. This is normally the job of the abdominals, but when they become deconditioned or improperly trained, they lose their function,