Resolved Question: Do you think the Police has become too Militarized?

21 December 2011, 9:35 pm

North Dakota’s largest city has averaged fewer than two homicides a year since 2005, and there’s not been a single international terrorism prosecution in the last decade. But that hasn’t stopped authorities in Fargo and its surrounding county from going on an $8 million buying spree to arm police officers with the sort of gear once reserved only for soldiers fighting foreign wars. Every city squad car is equipped today with a military-style assault rifle. Officers can now summon a new $256,643 armored truck, complete with a rotating turret. In Montgomery County, Texas, the sheriff’s department owns a $300,000 pilotless surveillance drone, like those used to hunt down al Qaeda terrorists in the remote tribal regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio now claims to operate his own air armada of private pilots—dubbed Operation Desert Sky—to monitor illegal border crossings, and he recently added a full-size surplus Army tank. One beneficiary of Homeland’s largesse are military contractors, who have found a new market in Police stations. Do you think this is for America???? Is this going over the edge with tax payer money???? http://news.yahoo.com/cops-ready-war-094500010.html... Read More »

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