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pinboy3niner

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13. Cops in riot gear and armored vehicles were routinely used for intimidation at peaceful Occupy event

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #12)

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 07:23 PM

Aug 2014

During a May Day march by Occupy L.A. in 2012, police made sure to provide an abundance of riot control protection for banks along the march route. At the Wells Fargo Bank...

A lone protester held a sign and shouted her 99% message at the bank. Does she look dangerous to anyone?

The BofA tower also had riot police posted there, and was surrounded by metal barriers for the day. Police in riot gear stationed throughout the L.A. financial district were just one part of the very heavy police presence that day...

L.A. County Sheriffs staged their armored vehicle and riot control deputies near the post-march Occupy rally at Pershing Square...

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Iraq Vet: Small-Town Cops Have Better Armor and Weaponry Than We Carried in a Combat [View all] cal04 Aug 2014 OP

To "Protect And Serve" The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks cantbeserious Aug 2014 #1

Ask Rumsfailed Politicalboi Aug 2014 #2

Yep, I'm a multiple Iraq/Afghanistan vet rudolph the red Aug 2014 #3

Amen. IronGate Aug 2014 #4

If our troops didn't have this sophisticated equipment then where KoKo Aug 2014 #5

Given that the author got back from Iraq in 2004, a lot of the equip wasn't available at the time. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #6

When I checked the NYT Interactive Map for Counties KoKo Aug 2014 #7

Conn. has 169 independent towns and cities to divide the equipment between them. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #9

If you look at NYT site it's Counties. Not how it's distributed, though. KoKo Aug 2014 #15

There is no county government in Conn. It was abolished in 1960. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #17

You are technically correct...but, Factually they Still Use Counties for Distribution KoKo Aug 2014 #19

How long did you live there? NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #21

10 years KoKo Aug 2014 #23

The OP has a point about militarization but is inaccurate. former9thward Aug 2014 #8

Like serving routine drug warrants? NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #10

I agree police are over militarized. former9thward Aug 2014 #11

While I agree on that, they do use it for other routine police tasks. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #12

Cops in riot gear and armored vehicles were routinely used for intimidation at peaceful Occupy event pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #13

Which leads us to a big reason they dress like that - Intimidation. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #14

Yes...that is what's happening.. "other routine police tasks" KoKo Aug 2014 #16

62% of all SWAT deployments are for drug searches. Searches - not raids. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #18

Agree but, it's going beyond that, these days! KoKo Aug 2014 #20

we agree. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #22

Okay...thought we did but wasn't sure ..... KoKo Aug 2014 #24