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Scott William James Wright's avatar

I am pretty sure it was Obama's administration that re-purposed Military hardware and gave it to Police Departments nation wide (may have been Bush2). That act, along with fast-tracking former soldiers into the Police Services have terrible consequences. Soldiers are trained to be an occupying force in a hostile environment and protect themselves from "the Enemy" - Now they are coming home with that training & Hardware to be "Peace Officers" - the very notion is absurd at face value & we are now seeing the results of dead wrong policy against the best interests of the American People.

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Brian Bixby's avatar

Actually it was Clinton who started it, I believe at prompting from Joe "Asset Forfeiture" Biden. It accelerated under Shrub, though.

Four or more years of constant training that resistance must be immediately met with overwhelming force will never be overcome by a few afternoon training sessions about deescalation, especially when we have Israeli mercenaries training SWAT teams across the country.

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Scott William James Wright's avatar

Really? - that early - I am not surprised - thanks for that. Agreed - the exportation of Israeli IDF tactics to Police forces in the west is an absolute abomination - why would we need training from the Thugs in an apartheid State on how to "handle our citizens" - a shameful act!

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