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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-17-07 09:26 PM
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local police departments to share an armored vehicle
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/9214791.html

they say it makes high risk operations safer. i say it's proof of the militarization of local policing agencies.

the money - $245,000 - came from the dept of homeland security
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bbgrunt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-17-07 09:31 PM
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1. soon there will be no difference between military and police.
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Help me help Earth Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-17-07 10:11 PM
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2. I know a guy who was raided by the SWAT team.
They had the wrong address. This kind of thing is becoming increasingly common. CATO did a report on the rise of police militarization and the mistakes, including killings, it has caused. It's a good read.

Off topic: watch Superbad if you don't like abusive cops. Funny as hell.
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