Police moral going to zero, getting tired fighting fires every
night and out-numbered by youts.
Police fear grenades and heavy weapons will soon be used.
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20051107-122439-9658r.htm
You have to be careful of believing what you read in the papers...(although in fairness, this is inside a direct quote, but the headline isn't).
"In the past, when we have cracked down on these criminals in their homes, we found drugs, grenades and heavy weapons such as guns. While they haven't started using these arms yet, there's also no reason to think they wouldn't."
'Guns' (unless he is talking in terms of actual artillery, which I really, really doubt) means rifles, pitols and shotguns. None of these are 'heavy weapons' Words have meanings, and the press regularly butchers the meanings around firearms.
Too bad the pansy police won't be the ones using them...
Yep. One RPG hitting a police personnel carrier is all they will need to complete the seizure of control of the banlieux. After that, just a short step to seizing the capital itself?
Why just police? They should send in their military.