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9. So they are Mercenaries, let's stop calling these private military operations, 'private contractors'

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 09:16 AM

Aug 2014

They are Mercenaries. Bad enough we use them in foreign countries, but using them on our streets is so outrageous I can't put into words what I feel like saying without getting it hidden.

Seems we have a system where we train troops and send them into war zones. Then they can join a private Merc Corp like Blackwater where they are paid way more than the ordinary soldiers pay.

Some of them are then recruited into our Civilian PDs. Trained for war, they apparently view the American people the same way they viewed civilian populations in the war zones they came home from.

What a perfect system to keep OUR civilian population under control.

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Federal grants drive the militarization of police departments in America. [View all] woo me with science Aug 2014 OP

K/R marmar Aug 2014 #1

Don't they all come together in your friendly, though secretive, neighborhood fusion center? sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #3

Very much so. Beta testing, you know. marmar Aug 2014 #5

ya like our local Military Base....where they built a big glinda Aug 2014 #38

How did this happen without the approval of Congress? I do NOT recall any bills before Congress sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #2

Secret government. "Black budgets." woo me with science Aug 2014 #13

I know we knew about this, the militarization of the PDs. We were called CTs airc, despite all the sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #31

Good article on the subject by Jamelle Bouie octoberlib Aug 2014 #39

Post 9/11 Bipartisan Effort kirby Aug 2014 #25

More on these programs. woo me with science Aug 2014 #30

I would vote to eliminate all the above programs. Dawson Leery Aug 2014 #34

Local police are allowed to keep any cash they seize & the Feds share the loots /w Locals. Sunlei Aug 2014 #4

This is the second time I have seen this utterly fabricated and untrue talking point woo me with science Aug 2014 #6

yes, it is. Go to gov sales and read the 'fine print' Gov large and small have first dibs on any sei Sunlei Aug 2014 #14

There is a law. former9thward Aug 2014 #36

The law permits it. The law does not require it. woo me with science Aug 2014 #37

Thanks. 'Would take an act of Congress to change'. Then that is what needs to happen. sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #8

"...used only for a specific purpose like free meals in all public schools." CrispyQ Aug 2014 #12

I know. free meals for all comers in all our public schools would NEVER happen in America. Sunlei Aug 2014 #17

I cannot believe adult humans would complain about kids getting a free lunch. CrispyQ Aug 2014 #19

Kicking for an important post. CrispyQ Aug 2014 #7

So they are Mercenaries, let's stop calling these private military operations, 'private contractors' sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #9

this is how we feed the merchants of death. this must stop. mopinko Aug 2014 #10

K & R L0oniX Aug 2014 #11

Thank you Woo thank you. zeemike Aug 2014 #15

Unfortunately, an arms race has been created between the gun nuts and the police. R Merm Aug 2014 #16

Also financed through seized property auctions marlene.elyse Aug 2014 #18

K&R&bookmark JEB Aug 2014 #20

DURec leftstreet Aug 2014 #21

kick and rec +1000 bbgrunt Aug 2014 #22

This is how they get around Posse Comitatus, just make the police officers into soldiers. Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #23

+ 1 Secret laws, secret courts, secret budgets. woo me with science Aug 2014 #27

Until the people here and at other similar sites start the ball rolling, things will continue to get Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #29

Must read. K&R glinda Aug 2014 #24

Three Cheers for "Homeland Security" Blue Idaho Aug 2014 #26

Shrub was the worst President. Dawson Leery Aug 2014 #33

From your research, can you tell if this is happened at town level or county level? KittyWampus Aug 2014 #28

It's an odd confluence we're seeing this week... countryjake Aug 2014 #32

Isn't it ultimately driven by the MIC? Maven Aug 2014 #35