The average person doesn't realize what's happening around them. Most haven't been paying attention to the "militarization" of their state and local police, in spite of the many, many examples we've seen, such as the "occupation" of Boston last year after the terrorist bombings.
If there is to be "civil unrest" in this country, it won't be the regular military we see confronting us on the streets. It will be Law Enforcement officers, but i'll bet you won't be able to tell them apart from the military...
"The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that
soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our
country has generally worked to keep the military out of law
enforcement. But according to investigative reporter Radley Balko, over
the last several decades, America’s cops have increasingly come to
resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no
longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and
police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as an
other—an enemy.
Today’s armored-up policemen are a far cry from
the constables of early America. The unrest of the 1960s brought about
the invention of the SWAT unit—which in turn led to the debut of
military tactics in the ranks of police officers. Nixon’s War on Drugs,
Reagan’s War on Poverty, Clinton’s COPS program, the post–9/11 security
state under Bush and Obama: by degrees, each of these innovations
expanded and empowered police forces, always at the expense of civil
liberties. And these are just four among a slew of reckless programs.
In Rise of the Warrior Cop,
Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless
declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror
have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating,
frightening narrative shows how over a generation, a creeping
battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police
officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free
society..." Radley Balko
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/26/defense-department-gives-local-police-equipment-designed-for-warzone/
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Oh yea? What do you know about it?
I've got my copy of "The Anarchist's Cookbook", ready to go.
Remember when the Marxist-in-Chief said he would build a "security force", one that would be as "well trained and equipped as our military"? And the sheep sat there, silently and passively, without a clue as to what he really meant.
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