Travis, what we are witnessing is the segmenting of the populace. These confrontations are designed to mold government workers into a 'yes sir' force which feels it is threatened by the citizens they are shoving around. The exercises tend to cause the government fools to get closer, become comrades under stress from the populace. Such a force WILL fire upon citizens when the proper instigation is set in motion.
Little barry bastard boy-king said 'we' (he meant his thuggery democrips) need a well armed force equal to the military. Well, they are building that force one incident at a time all around Amerika. And the republicants are too impotent to impeach h and remove the sonofabitch. So we watch as it spirals downward by design!