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This article clearly has an opinions, but is raises a question about whether deploying certain vehicles may set a bad tones in places like Ferguson -- (link)

Posted by ty97 Aug 11 '14, 19:13

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not offering an opinion, just offering an angle for consideration (www.citylab.com)

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thats only the heavy police presence, the fact is policing is heavily militaristic as almost every officer is a multi tour vet in iraq/afghan and trea -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 19:52 1
- treats everyone, your grandma even, like an insurgent with a suicide bomb vest on -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 19:55
As long as it's "those people" getting beaten up and taken to jail, people aren't going to give a crap -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 19:28 2
- Disregard that for a moment (I realize race is not irrelevant, but for a moment). I expect if a peaceful, but angry, crowd, is monitored* - ty97 Aug 11, 19:32 1
  - yeesh, dumb typos. realize race IS relevant. - ty97 Aug 11, 19:33
I think I'd posted an article here about military surplus going to local PDs a few months ago - znufrii Aug 11, 19:20 1
- and, here it is -- (link) - znufrii Aug 11, 19:23 [Backboard]
I'll see if I can find it, but a police chief was interviewed and discussed how things improved when they stopped responding - TWuG Aug 11, 19:19 3
- The suggestion that police want less confrontations and not more is so *cute*! -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 19:26 2
  - It's cute that you think every police force is the same. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 19:33
  - I wouldn't go so far as to say that the police (as a whole) seek out confrontations in order to jusitfy their own existance - znufrii Aug 11, 19:32

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