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Bgno64 (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:59 AM Original message |
Militarizing the police |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. The footage starting at 0'57" looks like some despotic potentate of a 3rd-world country... |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not able to watch the video but I do agree the police are becoming de facto paramilitary. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I can see this kind of stuff escalating int to local clashes, then into a full civil war. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Agreed. I see them killing the wrong person and creating a violent backlash. |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. AND...add this to the mix... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. Reminds me of this vehicle> The 3rd world counterinsurgence is already here. |
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Harry J Asslinger (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. Indeed |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. So they have an armored vehicle but... |
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bullpit (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. While our government supports the people rising up |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Police exist to protect the powerful |
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