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Police Militarization: It's Not About The Equipment, It's About Keeping The Peace
Brietbart ^ | August 20, 2014 | Alfred S. Regnery

Posted on 08/20/2014 6:33:20 AM PDT by Biggirl

Militarization of police forces has become the latest buzz phrase for politicians, pundits, and, it seems, everybody else. By now everybody in America, and probably well across the world, knows about, and has a theory about, the riots and looting following the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ferguson; mo; police
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Flame away! SARC!
1 posted on 08/20/2014 6:33:20 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

It’s about BOTH….to deny EITHER is to have one’s head in the sand. It’s about both, and it’s also about big government control. But yes, some of it is needed.


2 posted on 08/20/2014 6:36:17 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

True.

Also put a need for correction report, instead of Boston.com it should be Breitbart.com.


3 posted on 08/20/2014 6:37:48 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl

How would they view this if a conservative was president? I think we all know the condemnation would be flying.


4 posted on 08/20/2014 6:39:13 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Biggirl

Any time a purported conservative defends Obama’s actions is the time that those credentials are revoked.

BTW, when did the Boston Globe take over Breitbart?


5 posted on 08/20/2014 6:39:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Mistaken pasting. Sorry. Reported it to AM for correcting.


6 posted on 08/20/2014 6:41:53 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl

Round up the commie types, send them to Gitmo’ and put them in Cuba, outside the fence.


7 posted on 08/20/2014 6:42:25 AM PDT by Paladin2
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The militarizatio of police reminds me of a protest p;oster of yeateryear
The sign said : "(I) WILL KILL.. FOR PEACE "
8 posted on 08/20/2014 6:42:32 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (FUBO; Obungler = The didler CIC)
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To: Biggirl

No sweat. I think I might have done that once or twice myself, so sorry to be a bother.

I do find myself disgusted by more “conservatives” shedding their masks and showing themselves for the liberals they are, though.


9 posted on 08/20/2014 6:43:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Biggirl

Uou’re going to get a pasting for that error - ;-)
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10 posted on 08/20/2014 6:43:36 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Sorry - My fingers more coffee !
The brain too , as I previewed the post
11 posted on 08/20/2014 6:44:27 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (FUBO; Obungler = The didler CIC)
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I bet the AM has had to deal with a fee boo-boos every now and then. :)


12 posted on 08/20/2014 6:44:56 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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Keep the peace = keep the sheeple in a neutered/tame phase.

Prank SWAT phone calls, and SWAT team show up at wrong address.

Just some things to think about.


13 posted on 08/20/2014 6:49:25 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Biggirl

SWAT was created for monumental situations. I would accept SWAT at a riot with looting. That’s what its for. But this guy who wrote the article has his head up his arse for the most part.

The cops do use this stuff on a daily basis and and they misuse it on a daily basis. Its caused a sea change in their attitude toward the public also. Now they view themselves as warriors not public servants. Prime example is the cops willy nilly arresting and tear gassing the legitimatge media who were lawfully covering the event. Its gotten way out of hand.


14 posted on 08/20/2014 6:52:59 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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it’s about a heck of a lot more than the equipment. It is about the development of a fascist state- a military dictatorship where the police are no longer tasked with protecting and serving thheir local communities but, rather, with imposing the will of an increasingly totalitarian and un-American government. If nothing is done to stunt its growth and development, it will most certainly grow and develop into a freedom devouring monster.


15 posted on 08/20/2014 6:56:40 AM PDT by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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16 posted on 08/20/2014 7:06:45 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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"Although there are certainly abusive uses of SWAT teams, they are used effectively and legitimately in almost all cases."

Uh huh.

17 posted on 08/20/2014 7:07:27 AM PDT by moehoward
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Well, they need to be used in this cesspool known as Ferguson........


18 posted on 08/20/2014 7:10:12 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Biggirl

Correction, a few boo-boos that needed to be corrected.


19 posted on 08/20/2014 7:12:42 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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No one is claiming there isn’t a need for this type of intervention, under appropriate circumstances. But the norm now is to go immediatly nuclear. Straight to full battle armor when faced with peaceful protesters, straight to no-knock swat raids, when less violent tactics would suffice.

The author of the article does have one thing right, these tactics have managed to piss off Libs AND Conservatives.


20 posted on 08/20/2014 7:23:52 AM PDT by moehoward
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