Ron Paul: Local Police Not ‘Warriors’

[DamianTV]

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...ce-110112.html
http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-loc...-not-warriors/

“Police are supposed to be local people, and they’re supposed to be peace officers"

Former Rep. Ron Paul on Monday called for the elimination of the Defense Department program that has transferred billions of dollars in surplus military equipment to local and state agencies.

“It should be gotten rid of,” the Texas Republican said on MSNBC of the Pentagon 1033 program, which has come under increased scrutiny because of the equipment used by St. Louis County police forces in Ferguson, Missouri.

“Police are supposed to be local people, and they’re supposed to be peace officers,” he added. “They’re not supposed to be warriors.”

The former presidential candidate and libertarian favorite said he was “strongly opposed” to the program when it was introduced in Congress in the 1990s.

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[Natural Citizen]

Well, we should recall the language that we hear from our elected ones. The entire globe has essentially been labeled a battle field. Literally. I was just trying to make this point in another thread.

Good to hear the statesman's perspective on what is happening on the surface within the communities and relative to the policing thereof.

[green73]

We've got a thread on him on MSNBC. This goes there

[tangent4ronpaul]

We really need to federalise the cops and put Kucinich in charge of them.

We'd have cops hanging out at street corners waiting to help lil ol ladies across the street.
Cops putting flowers in criminals guns...
Cops in tie-dye uniforms...
Cops meditating and changing Oooohhhhmmmm...

Yeah, def improvement!

-t

[tangent4ronpaul]

When RP first caught my attention, he was going off on Congress about the "rule of law". It was long before he ran for pres...

I wrote him. Sending this quote by Edward Abby:

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, you will be arrested.
If you resist arrest, you will be beaten.
If you try and defend yourself from being beaten, you will be shot.
These procedures are otherwise known as the "rule of law".

It got his attention!

-t