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US Army Special Forces
Police SWAT
The militarization of our police forces has got to stop!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)It's all about selling the latest, greatest military hardware to anyone they can.
littlemissmartypants
(22,853 posts)tblue37
(65,528 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Yet.
littlemissmartypants
(22,853 posts)neverforget
(9,437 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Homeland Security grants to local police departments for weapons and vehicles like tanks. It has to stop.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014852205
All The Infrastructure A Tyrant Would Need, Courtesy Of Bush And Obama - TheAtlantic
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022973186
The Militarizing of Local Police (through Federal Grants)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bradlockwood/2011/11/30/the-militarizing-of-local-police/
Another Day, Another 124 Violent SWAT Raids
https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/another-day-another-124-violent-swat-raids
Does your local government have a black budget too?
https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty-criminal-law-reform/does-your-local-government-have
Too many cops are told they're soldiers.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform-free-speech-technology-and-liberty/too-many-cops-are-told-theyre-soldiers
One ongoing scandal in the criminal justice world, for example, is the fact that there's no reliable data on how often police officers fire their weapons at citizens. The federal government is supposed to collect these figures, but for whatever reason, it simply hasn't done so.
Towns don't need tanks, but they have them.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform-free-speech/towns-dont-need-tanks-they-have-them
Full ACLU Report on Police Militarization
https://www.aclu.org/criminal-law-reform/war-comes-home-excessive-militarization-american-police-report
neverforget
(9,437 posts)Lot's of good info there! Bookmarking for future use.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)It must be stopped.
Add this to corporate government and media, mass surveillance, intimidation of journalism, and persecution of whistleblowers, and what do you have? Fascism.
neverforget
(9,437 posts)afraid all the time of something while slowly eroding our rights.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)neverforget
(9,437 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,524 posts)Thanks for the thread, neverforget.
neverforget
(9,437 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)The solders have an actual need for select fire weapons.
The solders have an actual need for armored infantry vehicles.
The solders come from a racially integrated organization. (this one strictly about the FPD)
The solders are not wearing masks to hide their identifies.
The solders are not attacking someone they have sworn to protect.
For a start.
neverforget
(9,437 posts)The militarization of the police forces allows for your last point. What's the point of all that gear if you don't get to use it?
Mr.Bill
(24,365 posts)(at least in California) have six figure salaries and pensions.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... a Police State.
lpbk2713
(42,774 posts)Other than that ...