"militarization" is limited in its ability to fully capture the violence of liberal order, as it fails to acknowledge that there is no "good" liberal civilian past to which we can retreat.

It implies that universities were once purely civilian institutions that have been encroached upon by military values.

"militarization" framework elides: the historical context out of which the use of military equipment and tactics against Black activism develops.

militarization is a new process by which the exception (war) encroaches on the norm (peace).

The concept of militarization assumes a peaceful liberal order that is encroached on by military values or institutions, but this assumption is false.