Blurring the Line between Police and Military

[FrankRep]

http://www.thenewamerican.com/media/k2/items/cache/e59e152dc180dacc6df2df8ddf183208_M.jpg (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/16085-blurring-the-line-between-police-and-military)



Radley Balko's book Rise of the Warrior Cop (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610392116/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1610392116&linkCode=as2&tag=libert0f-20) could have been titled The Emergence of SWAT Teams and Their Takeover of Local Law Enforcement.


Blurring the Line between Police and Military (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/16085-blurring-the-line-between-police-and-military)


The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
24 July 2013

[DamianTV]

All for enforcing more minor violations of the Law rather than the serious stuff. Thats where the milk money is and how they can afford all that gear. Jaywalking? Here comes at least a million bucks in hardware rolling your way, paid for, in part by your citation.

[Anti Federalist]

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. - Barack Obama 2008

[phill4paul]

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. - Barack Obama 2008

One of the few quotes in which he wasn't just spewing. He sincerely meant every word.

[enhanced_deficit]

That is why it is important to donate leftover Afghanistan freedom force gear to Police departments in the US in the interests of cutting costs. If we can't fight them over there, fight them over here.