Posted on 10/23/2013 1:36:15 AM PDT by stevie_d_64
This month, more Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles (MRAPs) have found their way from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the Main Streets of America. These are just the latest acquisitions in a growing practice by Pentagon that's militarizing America's municipal police forces.
Police departments in Boise and Nampa, Idaho, each acquired an MRAP, as did the force in High Springs, Florida. The offer of war-ready machinery, at practically no cost, has proven hard to resist for local police departments. Increasingly, they are looking like soldiers equipped for battle.
The growing similarity between our domestic police forces and the U.S. military is a result of the Pentagon's 1033 Program. This allows the Defense Department to donate surplus military equipment and weapons to law enforcement agencies. In addition to the frightening presence of paramilitary weapons in American towns, the program has led to rampant fraud and abuse.
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“Those jurisdictions in urban areas can be a little suspect to say the least...So I probably wouldn’t rely on them as much as I would a rural Law Enforcement authority...”
Exactly. Conservatives who aren’t working to elect a constitutional sheriff in their county simply don’t understand the gravity of the current situation. A constitutional sheriff gives citizens armed muscle if needed. A constitutional sheriff can:
1. Order necessary armaments.
2. Investigate liberals in cities.
3. Control movements in the county.
4. Muster and train an armed, volunteer auxiliary deputy force for “emergencies.”
5. Arrest radicals, including elected and appointed members of city councils and county boards.
In my county, two police chiefs were investigated and thrown out of office. A number of county bureaucrats were investigated, arrested and thrown in state prison.
The power of a constitutional sheriff is extensive and can be used to protect the rights of citizens in that county.
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