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Why Would Police Need This Unstoppable Military Vehicle?
Western Journalism ^
| Apr 7, 2014
| B. Christopher Agee
Posted on 04/07/2014 10:02:18 PM PDT by Ray76
Residents of Saginaw County, Mich. could soon find themselves confronted by a behemoth best suited for the war-torn streets of Afghanistan. According to Sheriff William Federspiel, his department recently obtained a Mine Resistant Ambush Proof (MRAP) vehicle straight from the U.S. Army.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mrap; policestate
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:02:18 PM PDT
by
Ray76
To: Ray76
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:04:40 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
To: Ray76
From swords to plowshares.
Veterans shluld be given a plot of land to farm and use these trucks of theirs for farming. They earned them in blood.
We do not need a pharaohnic police force with Chariots to make war against other counties or what not.
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:05:05 PM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: Ray76
Ho hum, and the Posse Comitatus act says "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:05:54 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Ray76
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:06:06 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Politics: Voting for the monkeys that are better at flinging poo at their opponents...)
To: Ray76
It’s my understanding the PD’s buying these vehicles are getting them below dirt cheap prices. In some cases, they are going for less than 1/10th the original price.
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:06:34 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(The scourge of mariachis and polka bands everywhere.)
To: Ray76
Saginaw’s a pretty tough town.
(really)
To: Ray76
Good to know it isn’t needed in Donetsk by our mercenaries. :)
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:12:22 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
As needed to run over protesting Tea Party members?
To: Ray76
Because the Washington government does not approve of Americans setting their police on fire. Policy differs in the Ukraine, Syria, Libya and Egypt.
Slav or Arab Spring: good.
American Spring: bad.
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:14:37 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
To: jsanders2001
I’m not real sure there are many tea party members in Saginaw.
Maybe, I’m just not certain.
To: coloradan
You said it, “Ho Hum”. There is not Posse Comitaus if there is nobody to enforce it.
What about the Navy and Coast Guard?
We are like sheep attended by goats.
To: Ray76
The Saginaw Sherrifs Dept. is now prepared by an invasion of North Koreans attacking Michagan over the ice ,via Lake Superior.
It could happen , ya know .... /sarc
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:22:15 PM PDT
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: coloradan; gaijin; backwoods-engineer
So, basically - any police department that has an MRAP is committing ongoing felonies in violation of the
Posse Comitatus Act.
As I've written before:
In a tyranny, everyone is a criminal & a lawbreaker, except for the government, and anyone who is a part of the government.
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:24:39 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
To: Ray76
It’s only ‘unstoppable’ until the operator needs to stop to take a whiz.
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To: Ray76
Unstoppable?
“Everything’s got a tailpipe.”
“The more complicated the plumbing, the easier it is to stop it up.”
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:26:22 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: kiryandil
So, basically - any police department that has an MRAP is committing ongoing felonies in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. I can agree with that, yeah.
To: jsanders2001
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:28:49 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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posted on
04/07/2014 10:31:00 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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