Look at the evidence. Just about every locale has a police force that has a stockpile of body armor and AR-15s.
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Your point made this thread worth reading.
I have looked at the WOD from numerous angles and I have come to believe that militarization of local police departments is one of a just a few underlying reasons for it all.
...for not calling me a raving paranoid nutbag...
...as has been done before when I've made that point.