Apparently I am: http://fox59.com/2014/05/12/armed-for-war-local-police-tote-pentagon-surplus/#axzz31isc0kux
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Quite I'm still trying to see the justification for a small town to > get an MRAP. > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Nope, the tone since 9/11 has militarized, and they are treating ALL > > infractions as terrorist actions by trained opponents. > > > > Their training, budgets, > > > > And the more that these kinds of incidents happen, the more they develop > > the "us vs them" mentality. > > > > It needs to stop, and it needs to be reversed. > > > > It is a significant risk to our country's health, as much (for me) as the > > surveillance state and the huge shift of laws and wealth to the very few. > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/05/22/nicolas-aquino-story > >> > >> Maybe these sorts of stories are just being covered more now but it > seems > >> to me that police have been taking an increasingly brutal line toward > >> anyone that questions their actions. It's been like this for a long > time, > >> of course, for minorities and poor folks, but the behavior seems to be > >> spreading and becoming more and more brazen as time goes on. Maybe I'm > just > >> projecting, though. Regardless, it's fucked up. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370349 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
