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In reply to the discussion: This is what a police state looks like folks [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)157. Torture was legalized
the practice can be brought back by the next guy, or the guy after him. No one was prosecuted.
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Someone someplace is recording every F'en thing said on DU ... for future use IMO. And I'm NOT
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#101
We don't need the US government for that. The private wayback system also does that for websites. nt
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#7
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
Yes, agree, the adults need to step in and stop the out of control police behavior. n/t
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#105
And who gave the order for "A no-fly zone". Seems that has to come from higher up?
glinda
Aug 2014
#116
Exactly. The oligarchs are scapegoating blacks the way the Nazis scapegoated Europe's Jewish
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#83
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
Yeah, but I've seen pictures of Gaza in rubble, and I've seen your support of that action.
DisgustipatedinCA
Aug 2014
#82
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
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
Having heavily militarized police is a step towards a police state in my mind.
oldandhappy
Aug 2014
#4
My young grandson wants to be a policeman and his mother and I are trying to convince him that
jwirr
Aug 2014
#26
Because they are trained at Military Bases in Military tactics. They are Militarized.
glinda
Aug 2014
#120
I doesn't change the fact that the unfettered gun insanity in this country...
Walk away
Aug 2014
#69
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
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
Yep, how far we have sunk. I lost respect for cops long ago, so many are really asses in
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#124
No, SWAT Teams go back to the reaction to the Texas Clock Tower sniper in 1966.
EX500rider
Aug 2014
#61
I went to the University of Akron for poli-sci (which has some overlap with criminal justice.)
OnyxCollie
Aug 2014
#48
Oh for fuck sakes... How the fuck ARE the police supposed to react in this situation?
Glassunion
Aug 2014
#64
Yep, like they also did with OWS. I know it sounds like CT, but some of this could be
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#110