I’m guessing Hollywood has a lot to do with the rise of the police state. When you keep showing futuristic police state films like Fifth Element, Total Recall, Elysium, some of the crap will stick on the wall and manifest itself via the life imitates art m.o.
“I’m guessing Hollywood has a lot to do with the rise of the police state. “
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Jack-booted thug alert.....I have posted on this subject several times. Thanks to TV and the movies, American cops have morphed into the characters that you see on the screen.
Scene after scene of cops in swat gear must have some influence on today’s cops. I noticed it starting back in the late 1990s. To serve and protect has morphed into “Get on the ground! Get on the ground NOW !!!