When, indeed.
According to a leaked report, DHS is predicting a rise of anti-government violence over the next year.
I have mixed feelings about what is being termed as the militarization of police.
On the one hand, I want our police to have more protection and firepower than the Adam-12 boys did, so they can take on gangbangers, terrorists and looting rioters, as are currently faced by Ferguson, MO PD.
On the other hand, I wonder why agencies like the Department of Education has it's own SWAT.
To conduct raids on families homeschooling their kids, maybe?
What bothers me more is the attitude of an occupying army, these enforcers often display towards peaceful citizens going about their business.
This attitude bothers a lot of people, and when a lot of people become bothered, it seems as if various police departments and government agencies up-grade their weapon systems accordingly.
Kind of like self-fulfilling prophecy, isn't it?
Mark Steyn is bothered by the fact that, with all this military & electronic hardware being lavished on local PDs, they should at least provide dashcams for every police cruiser.
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