In Alabama, lawmakers approved a megachurch’s request to have its own police force, a move that is both unprecedented in the United States, and troubling from several perspectives. The state’s senate passed on Tuesday, April 11, legislation that would allow the Briarwood Presbyterian Church in suburban Birmingham to hire police officers, which the church says…

via The internet knows what should come next after Alabama lawmakers allow a mega-church to form its own police force — Quartz