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Electric Monk

(13,869 posts) Sun Aug 17, 2014, 11:12 PM Aug 2014

Should the police tactics in Ferguson be considered, essentially, domestic Shock And Awe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe

Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military doctrine based on the use of overwhelming power, dominant battlefield awareness and maneuvers, and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy its will to fight.