I don’t know what these people will find to complain about next. Finally Americans can begin to feel safe.
The militarization of U.S. police forces
By Michael Shank and Elizabeth Beavers
This month, more Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles (MRAPs) have found their way from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the Main Streets of America. These are just the latest acquisitions in a growing practice by Pentagon that’s militarizing America’s municipal police forces.
Police departments in Boise and Nampa, Idaho, each acquired an MRAP, as did the force in High Springs, Florida. The offer of war-ready machinery, at practically no cost, has proven hard to resist for local police departments. Increasingly, they are looking like soldiers equipped for battle.
The growing similarity between our domestic police forces and the U.S. military is a result of the Pentagon’s 1033 Program. This allows the Defense Department to donate surplus military equipment and weapons to law enforcement agencies. In addition to the frightening presence of paramilitary weapons in American towns, the program has led to rampant fraud and abuse.
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Old Jules
So Far From Heaven 
Thanks, I feel safer already.
Hi Gale: Safe as compared to sometime previously, or safe as compared to sometime in the future? Jack
The future, I suppose. Used to feel safe in the past. Just plain glad to have my government/police looking out for me… or maybe not, but who cares what I think, right?
Gale: It isn’t they don’t care. It’s their broader view of things. And their determination to satisfy the greater good. Jack
and there’s more of the same a humm’in
One Fly: Likely more than are dreamt of in our philosophies. Gracias, Jack