Riotsville, USA: the shocking story of fake army towns that militarised police

A bleak and revealing new documentary brings to light the history of simulated towns used to train police to handle riots "Welcome to Riotsville," says a raincoat-clad ABC news correspondent with a noisy, placard-waving crowd and row of what appear to be shops behind him. "This is a simulated riot in a simulated city. But as another summer approaches, it might be Anywhere, USA." The news clip resurfaces in Riotsville, USA, a documentary about the stagecraft of state coercion. It tells how the ar...