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libodem

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21. Looks like a military force to me

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 12:05 PM

Aug 2014

We are a Plutocracy not a Democracy. This is not power to the people. It's power for the 1%.

We are fucked.

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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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