Militarizing the police

Gil Smart notes how new equipment - and maybe a new mindset - are making the police look and act a lot more like the military.

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[GrooveDoctor77]

Grant from Homeland Security ...thats all you need to know , all you veterans working for the police just look and think what the problems really are, there are new laws legislated daily local ,state and Federal ,the people didnt vote on these laws yet they face jail or fines on all new law charges search,seizures,Jail ,fines, .you name it ,just a felony on someones background check can ruin lives ,thats just a tip of the iceberg

[djlolypop]

This person under me

It is not ileagle to be trained as a military personnel and it is not ileagle to own a armoires vehicle, police departments are being militarized with these amazing equipment for the problems to come ahead, you can't have a fucking 15 ton armoires car ship to you over night via FedEx, you can't even get a M4 FedEx to you over night, I totally agree for the police department to upgrade, maybe they can be the next city to have a collage boy shifting everyone.

[JackMyersPhotography]

@101327 Militarization of the police is illegal via US Code. You know, the law..., the thing you've sworn to protect and uphold? Anyway, your threatening tone based on me just having an opinion pretty much makes my point, so thanks.

[101327]

@JackMyersPhotography

So combat vets make poor officers? Well, then, I should be removed ASAP by you. Except that you dont have the experience, knowledge, training to make that happen. Poor you.

I guess I'l go put my MY in my patrol car and go to work.

Paranoid morons.

[Obscure2099]

That's nothing. The police department where I live has an Armored Personnel Carrier with a .50 cal belt fed machine gun. 70% of the men and women in that police department are former AND CURRENT military. Police = military.

Police Chief: "We don't look at this as a killing machine. It's going to keep the peace. We hope the fact that we have this is going to save lives. When something like this rolls up, it's time to give up."



[bongzish1]

govt spending our tax bills on expensive toys fuck you govt

[juantrippe82]

@justintempler During G20

[juantrippe82]

@justintempler Agreed, and the digusting actions of our local forces here where I live in Toronto clearly demonstrated that.

[CarlosMonteiro1985]

Wow, amazing, with a very simple comparison with Europe you oppened my eyes. I never realized the "balance the budget cuts" in the US are essentially austerity. However, it's not all that comparable when you look at the US's defense budget, the elephant (or donkey hybrid...) in the room.