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In reply to the discussion: Picture this in your neighborhood. On your sidewalk. I dare you. [View all]Bonhomme Richard
(9,002 posts)16. Is it any surprise when so many Military Police leave the service and.....
join the local police force. This is what they know. Just the site of the local police with that military butch haircut is enough to set me off.
That alone is a statement.
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They ARE military police. They are using military tactics against civilians, we saw it during OWS
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#4
All they need are armored Humvees with machine guns, tanks, artillery, and a few flame throwers
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#2
Step by step it's getting there unless someone/people in authority in this country step up
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#126
Absolutely. And if someone in South Central L.A. had refused to pay their property tax
cui bono
Aug 2014
#135
Because in their minds, it's happening to people who more or less deserve it.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#39
That was going to be my reply. Martial law was essentially declared in Watertown, MA.
EEO
Aug 2014
#22
The Argentine junta, which killed 30,000 of its own people, was initially welcomed
Lydia Leftcoast
Aug 2014
#92
It is not false equivalency. Both set of photos scare the crap out of me.
Live and Learn
Aug 2014
#100
Is it any surprise when so many Military Police leave the service and.....
Bonhomme Richard
Aug 2014
#16
If this guy was a real helper, that would be 2% or skim. That whole stuff'll kill ya. n/t
CincyDem
Aug 2014
#44
A local newscaster mentioned how militarized the police have gotten in the last decade.
catbyte
Aug 2014
#80
And with all that equipment, they still took hours to get Brown's body off the street.
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#130
If you've done nothing wrong, there's nothing to fear. Repeal the Second Amendment!!!!11!!
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#131
I actually did see almost that in my neighborhood after the Rodney King trial.
cui bono
Aug 2014
#133