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"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies—where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement."

What supporter of small government could possibly disagree with this?!

[Wolfie]

Some people won’t get it until it’s their door that is begin kicked in. And probably not even then.

[Fightin Whitey]

I agree with you.

I don’t think our cops should be waging daily war against us (and in the rural area where I live the great majority certainly don’t).

But isn’t a big part of the problem the fact that a large portion of the public is waging war on the cops, and on all law-abiding citizens too?

I mean, hell, in our urban hellholes the cops basically go to work in a warzone every day, don’t they?

How do we deal with that?

I’m not trying to be wise. I ask the question sincerely. I don’t mean to eat up your time either...address it at your convenience, or not at all, if you wish. Thanks.