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Cops Unleash Armored 'Beast' for Patrol
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| January 10, 2013
| Michael Thompson
Posted on 01/12/2013 10:47:38 AM PST by Bon of Babble
Police in one Atlanta community are taking extraordinary measures to deal with heightened rates of violent crime the unleashing of armored vehicles capable of withstanding bullets fired from AK-47s.
Originally reported by WSB Atlanta, police are using an armored vehicle normally used by SWAT teams to battle a series of burglaries and home invasions in a south Fulton County neighborhood.
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To: Bon of Babble
Police in one Atlanta community are taking extraordinary measures to deal with heightened rates of violent crime
What heightened rates? The rates of violent crimes and murders have fallen steadily for years. There's nothing going on in crime statistics that comes anywhere close to warranting the ongoing militarization of domestic law enforcement - drone surveillance, surveillance cameras in public areas, equipment enabling police to obtain thermal images inside private homes, armored vehicles - made for use by the US military against enemy combatants, now being used by police departments on US civilians.
To: Bon of Babble
SWAT needs an array of special equipment, teams of manpower and armored vehicles to battle burglars and home invaders and the people in the same neighborhood don't need anything but a handgun with no more than 10 rounds
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posted on
01/12/2013 12:57:09 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Bon of Babble
Once cops would have known they needed to stop the criminals rather than simply get into an arms war with them.
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posted on
01/12/2013 1:01:48 PM PST
by
TalBlack
(Evil doesn't have a day job.)
To: Hot Tabasco
>> How about 12 ga. slugs from about 5 feet?
How about an IED? I’d also imagine that it gets rather hot inside that coffin with a robust diesel fire underneath.
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posted on
01/12/2013 1:13:51 PM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: rpierce
Doesn’t do much good to have an armored vehicle if the guys are hanging off the sides like big slabs of meat targets.
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posted on
01/12/2013 1:31:15 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: Paladin2
I bet some precision fire directed at those gun port would have hot lead bouncing around the inside pretty well...
A lot of the folks i know who’ve come back from Iraq and Afghanistan picked up a few tricks as well for dealing with light armor...
Just sayin’....
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posted on
01/12/2013 1:43:39 PM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(Sine ullo desiderio vive et ama.... Carpe diem.)
To: Disambiguator
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posted on
01/12/2013 1:46:01 PM PST
by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: Nervous Tick
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posted on
01/12/2013 1:55:37 PM PST
by
21twelve
(So I [God] gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. Psalm 81:12)
To: Bon of Babble
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posted on
01/12/2013 2:19:49 PM PST
by
mirkwood
To: Nervous Tick
I only mentioned the 12 ga. slug as a sarcastic remark to the comment in the article regarding "stopping an AK-47"......aka, the most over publicized and demonized evil firearm in existence today.
As a side note, there was a report on this morning's news here in S.E. Michigan about a shooting at a police station in Inkster which of course involved an "assault weapon".......no further information was available at that time.........
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posted on
01/12/2013 2:43:14 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
01/12/2013 5:09:15 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The only thing that Hollywood gets right about guns is that criminals will always get them.)
To: Bon of Babble
If you have some crazies in a meth house shooting at the neighbors, then, yes, protect your police officers going in to root them out. If you need an armored vehicle to patrol the streets, then you have lost control. Issue “Shoot to kill!” orders until civilization returns. Just because some people are willing to tolerate thugs doesn’t mean the rest of the population has to suffer.
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posted on
01/12/2013 6:52:44 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: OneWingedShark
Thanks OneWingedShark:
I practiced using your code, here are the results:
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posted on
01/12/2013 6:58:56 PM PST
by
Bon of Babble
(Instant Human....Add Coffee)
To: Bon of Babble
To: PAR35
” wouldnt go into those areas WITHOUT an armored vehicle. So I have some sympathy here.”
No kidding. I wouldn’t go down to South Fulton unless it was in an Abrams tank. :)
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posted on
01/12/2013 9:02:27 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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