The Stream: The growing militarisation of police

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Uploaded by on Dec 22, 2011

We look at the militarisation of civilian police forces and how technology is shaping protest response.

Guests: Alex Vitale, Spencer Ackerman

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  • fascism coming to a city near you...

  • Zbigniew Brzezinski

    “The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.”

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  • They are going too far. They are terrorists. I was attacked by an officer out side of my house while talking to my neighbor and watching my little ones play. Accused of something I never knew went on. Happened right before mothers day, my babies are still traumatized. They are scared to death every time they see a cop. I wish I had money to hires a good lawyer to have him charged and thrown in jail. :(

  • Great job Stream!

  • Revenue collectors w/ tactical vests, body armour,side arms, auto-rifles, tazers, pepper spray, ammo, goggles, gas masks...getting that revenue must be hard. 

  • Held accountable? If these psychopaths can simply attack other countries after media manipulations have seduced everyone do folk really think they give a shit about anyone in any country? American UK these are bullshit terms they use to divide and conquer the masses – they care about power and control period.

  • i'm not sure what folk think but history is just a constant struggle by the majority against a minority of psychopaths that are expert manipulators and have infected the world with their sickening values

  • taxes. reduce size of dictatorshupi, reduce state-sponsored crime.

  • they shouldnt have all this shit..they forgot theyre just police men AKA policing men

  • your friendly nieghbourhood fascist-police

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