The lines between the military and law enforcement have blurred even further.
The manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects offered the nation a window into the stunning military-style capabilities of our local law enforcement agencies. For the past 30 years, police departments throughout the United States have benefitted from the government’s largesse in the form of military weaponry and training, incentives offered in the ongoing “war on drugs.” For the average citizen watching events such as the intense pursuit of the Tsarnaev brothers on television, it would be difficult to discern between fully outfitted police SWAT teams and the military.
The lines blurred even further Monday as a new dynamic was introduced to the militarization of domestic law enforcement. By making a few subtle changes to a regulation in the U.S. Code titled “Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies” the military has quietly granted itself the ability to police the streets without obtaining prior local or state consent, upending a precedent that has been in place for more than two centuries.
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Everybody involved in this policy should be tried for treason.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter. They don't even know their weapons, Eotechs on backwards, no hits in 60 rounds with a high velocity rifle... weak.
ReplyDeleteThis is just more "progressive" totalitarian marxist creep by the Obama regime.
ReplyDeleteThis man and his regime must be stopped like Gaddafi!
They are relentlessly pursuing total control.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteEverybody involved in this policy should be tried for treason.
May 23, 2013 at 3:32 PM
This 'policy' is not new. It's been around for 100 years, just not exercised.
Anonymous said...
Doesn't matter. They don't even know their weapons, Eotechs on backwards, no hits in 60 rounds with a high velocity rifle... weak.
May 23, 2013 at 4:28 PM
Where did you see or read that?
Anonymous said...
This is just more "progressive" totalitarian marxist creep by the Obama regime.
This man and his regime must be stopped like Gaddafi!
They are relentlessly pursuing total control.
May 23, 2013 at 4:55 PM
Ehhh, oooooook.
Be afraid. Very afraid. WHY do you think this is being done? Why did Homeland Security buy so much ammo (designed SPECIFICALLY to turn human flesh into hamburger) that is banned by treaty for use in war? Why did obama sign a treaty allowing foreign armies to operate on American soil? What do they have to do to you lemmimgs? Put a neon sign in your front yard? They are preparing to put the hammer down on "we, the people". Keep cheering and believeing they have your best interest at heart. Thats what people in power always seek to do. Protect you. For your own good. Even if it means they have to kill you to "protect" you....
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