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17. I am frankly more worried about people who AREN'T police.....

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 11:53 AM

Aug 2014

who are armed to the teeth and want to walk around our children while the are playing in parks or eating in restaurants. This photo is awful but what do you expect when there are 3,000,000 guns out there? The second amendment has armed thousands of angry and unstable people and this is the kind of reaction it breeds in law enforcement.

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This is what a police state looks like folks [View all] Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 OP

Want to know why it's NOT a Police State? brooklynite Aug 2014 #1

For now. It's not like everything isn't being collected for future use. n/t djean111 Aug 2014 #2

Someone someplace is recording every F'en thing said on DU ... for future use IMO. And I'm NOT RKP5637 Aug 2014 #101

There are varying degrees of Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #3

We don't need the US government for that. The private wayback system also does that for websites. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #7

The Wayback Machine Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #11

How so? We choose to write online and know it is going to be public and saved. Are you trying to sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #66

I'd bet potential stalkers apply for surveillance jobs. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #79

Bottom line, as you said, I agree ... "What a sick society this is!" It has RKP5637 Aug 2014 #102

i agree Chimeradog Aug 2014 #147

+1 Enthusiast Aug 2014 #167

And yet, as the OP states, this is what a police state looks like. n/t Orsino Aug 2014 #8

Pft. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #9

In much the same way the Police Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #13

I often wonder if that's the real motivation of the NRA types. Crunchy Frog Aug 2014 #29

Not quite. Octafish Aug 2014 #19

You win easychoice Aug 2014 #85

Writing about the Third Reich, Hannah Arendt pegged our situation today. Octafish Aug 2014 #89

I,too am sorry to be on the right side of reality... easychoice Aug 2014 #92

^^^^^This^^^^^ n/t ReRe Aug 2014 #130

Plus you get to sow fear in the population Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #139

+1 woo me with science Aug 2014 #165

Thank you for this. Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #166

Exactly! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #104

... Cleita Aug 2014 #111

Thank you. nt woo me with science Aug 2014 #151

Guess you missed the scoop about the NSA... ReRe Aug 2014 #27

They just wanted to give him some milk. historylovr Aug 2014 #37

Here's some more news ... ReRe Aug 2014 #39

Yes. historylovr Aug 2014 #44

+1 million Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #80

Yes, agree, the adults need to step in and stop the out of control police behavior. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #105

They tried to ban the media... ReRe Aug 2014 #131

Seems to me at this point that the entire police department Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #62

The official reason . . . markpkessinger Aug 2014 #75

Thanks for that link, markpkessinger! n/t ReRe Aug 2014 #129

And who gave the order for "A no-fly zone". Seems that has to come from higher up? glinda Aug 2014 #116

St Louis Police Dept... ReRe Aug 2014 #128

As long as people are gullible enough to believe that... nxylas Aug 2014 #38

You beat me to it -- I was going to comment on the Huxley/Orwell difference, Nay Aug 2014 #55

There's a myth that police states can't tolerate the slightest dissent nxylas Aug 2014 #59

Very interesting. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #81

Interesting. What book was that? n/t cui bono Aug 2014 #96

I wish I could remember the name of it nxylas Aug 2014 #133

Standard stuff. Even totalitarian states can't and won't Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #112

Also, there is an advantage to being inconsistent Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #140

Arbitrary actions by design. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #143

Yes, it's only when enough people begin to turn off the computers and TVs deutsey Aug 2014 #137

Precisely n/t malaise Aug 2014 #149

Do you know why GI's are allowed to gripe about the Army? Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #40

zzzzz PatrynXX Aug 2014 #43

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Aug 2014 #47

While the NSA siphons ever letter we type. CrispyQ Aug 2014 #49

So, what do you call what is happening? nt ChisolmTrailDem Aug 2014 #57

Dissenting Jack Rabbit Aug 2014 #58

Exactly. The oligarchs are scapegoating blacks the way the Nazis scapegoated Europe's Jewish Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #83

Yes, seems quite similar! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #106

Wrong, that is in no way proof of anything. What tells us we live in a police state is when sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #65

Killing people is on the extreme end Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #72

I believe now that the Patriot Act was intended to replace the Constitution. sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #76

Exactly. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #84

double exactly glinda Aug 2014 #118

Editing...Responded wrong place. woo me with science Aug 2014 #161

This post, and Sabrina's response below woo me with science Aug 2014 #162

We are slowly allowing our rights to be taking away... Rockyj Aug 2014 #67

Most of those describe the US to a tee. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #86

We are there. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #135

Yeah, but I've seen pictures of Gaza in rubble, and I've seen your support of that action. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2014 #82

Micheal Brown can't. nt HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #87

Not true. A true police state couldn't care less if you called it a police state. whereisjustice Aug 2014 #90

...Said a person of privilege. One who frequently brags online about one's wealth and access myrna minx Aug 2014 #108

...and who actually grew up in a Police State... brooklynite Aug 2014 #114

Dang, once again you are going to make us guess your point. My guess is that you are saying rhett o rick Aug 2014 #115

We can post MurrayDelph Aug 2014 #127

You can still do that... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #132

Wrong billhicks76 Aug 2014 #134

Hmm, I doubt the people in Ferguson can hear you Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #142

Having heavily militarized police is a step towards a police state in my mind. oldandhappy Aug 2014 #4

"Fuck the police" on the mail box ...perfect. L0oniX Aug 2014 #5

yeah PatrynXX Aug 2014 #45

I have that CD. L0oniX Aug 2014 #78

No, the U.S. is NOT a police state. Far from it. Sissyk Aug 2014 #6

Not just black people are being attacked Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #10

Training at Military Bases for "Crowd Control" is not race exclusive. glinda Aug 2014 #119

The two are not mutually exclusive. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #36

It would seem that way, wouldn't it? MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #107

Why would any police need camo fatigues? Bandit Aug 2014 #12

Police departments employ too many bullies Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #14

Kelvin, "Bullies" not quite accurate liam_laddie Aug 2014 #15

Well most of them came from the military. zeemike Aug 2014 #18

That's right... ReRe Aug 2014 #20

My young grandson wants to be a policeman and his mother and I are trying to convince him that jwirr Aug 2014 #26

It's ridiculous theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #70

Because they are trained at Military Bases in Military tactics. They are Militarized. glinda Aug 2014 #120

Yes, that is what a police state looks like. nt Zorra Aug 2014 #16

I am frankly more worried about people who AREN'T police..... Walk away Aug 2014 #17

Yes, but at least there is a CHANCE Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #22

Charged with a crime? bullsnarfle Aug 2014 #28

Well, I believe that was my point Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #34

Yes, I was agreeing with you. bullsnarfle Aug 2014 #46

Often times they get suspension with pay. CrispyQ Aug 2014 #53

I doesn't change the fact that the unfettered gun insanity in this country... Walk away Aug 2014 #69

More than 300 Million guns. PeoViejo Aug 2014 #24

Simple bullshit, the 2nd amendment didn't just pass. Lots of people have ever had guns TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #25

For dark skinned people, and/or people who don't conform to the lily white conservative ideal Zorra Aug 2014 #33

If you cannot see the complex, inter-relationshiop between the two, you are blind n/6 markpkessinger Aug 2014 #50

Actually, well over 300,000,000. Held by approx 90,000,000 citizens. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #113

Looks like a military force to me libodem Aug 2014 #21

Armed to the teeth to confront one girl who is not resisting at all. Sad. They should be ashamed of jwirr Aug 2014 #23

They should, but they really don't give a F. It's sport for these cops, I really think they RKP5637 Aug 2014 #109

Like when they shoot people's dogs. glinda Aug 2014 #121

Yep, how far we have sunk. I lost respect for cops long ago, so many are really asses in RKP5637 Aug 2014 #124

try NRA members in uniform. glinda Aug 2014 #126

Police, military, what's the difference? Initech Aug 2014 #30

fucking asshole cowards noiretextatique Aug 2014 #31

That has kind of been my view Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #35

they formenting violence noiretextatique Aug 2014 #94

That fucking George Bush started this shit of making SEAL teams santamargarita Aug 2014 #32

No, SWAT Teams go back to the reaction to the Texas Clock Tower sniper in 1966. EX500rider Aug 2014 #61

I'm not talking about swat teams, but thanks for the history lesson. santamargarita Aug 2014 #77

I love the mailbox bigwillq Aug 2014 #41

I was on my way to a criminal justice degree at the University of Akron toby jo Aug 2014 #42

I went to the University of Akron for poli-sci (which has some overlap with criminal justice.) OnyxCollie Aug 2014 #48

Armed thugs. With get out of jail free cards. JEB Aug 2014 #51

Watch the Vice documentary on Camden New Jersey. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2014 #52

That was an incredible piece.... PoutrageFatigue Aug 2014 #54

True. And welcome to DU. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #95

what a tragedy. Young man died for nothing. terdheadur Aug 2014 #56

Police state . . . or occupation? Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #60

We have a winner! glinda Aug 2014 #122

Ferguson isn't a state. Progressive dog Aug 2014 #63

Seriously? Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #73

I am being truthful Progressive dog Aug 2014 #74

Ferguson is the test run. glinda Aug 2014 #123

Of course it is, of course it is, Progressive dog Aug 2014 #145

Apparently you haven't noticed Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #138

Apparently you have3n't noticed Progressive dog Aug 2014 #144

If they are ignored Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #146

Do you really not understand what I wrote? Progressive dog Aug 2014 #148

The differance between us and, say North Korea Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #150

We are one of the few Progressive dog Aug 2014 #152

Gave you a link with an detailed explanation of my rational Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #153

Half a dozen anecdotes do not prove anything Progressive dog Aug 2014 #154

There are far more than a what I cited Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #155

I don't doubt that, so what Progressive dog Aug 2014 #156

Torture was legalized Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #157

Lots of things could change for the worse Progressive dog Aug 2014 #158

But I am sure that no matter how bad it gets Kelvin Mace Aug 2014 #159

Of course I won't make a claim of the US being a police state Progressive dog Aug 2014 #160

Oh for fuck sakes... How the fuck ARE the police supposed to react in this situation? Glassunion Aug 2014 #64

Precisely, it's disgusting what the U.S. has done to its police forces. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #68

One of my foreign relatives sent me an email today Generic Other Aug 2014 #71

What is it that you don't get about this picture??!! R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2014 #88

Who might gain from from a massive sulphurdunn Aug 2014 #91

Yet Many here imthevicar Aug 2014 #93

, blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #97

Ice T was right liberaltrucker Aug 2014 #98

I get the distinct feeling.. sendero Aug 2014 #99

Yep, like they also did with OWS. I know it sounds like CT, but some of this could be RKP5637 Aug 2014 #110

To Protect And Serve The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks cantbeserious Aug 2014 #100

The police also overreacted to the Boston situation too. Dawson Leery Aug 2014 #103

Suburban morons think it's OK as long as they're black Warpy Aug 2014 #117

U R %400 correct. glinda Aug 2014 #125

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #136

K&R woo me with science Aug 2014 #141

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