So you want to federalize local cops? (...'dangerous trend' giving Washington more power)

WND ^ | May 10, 2015 | Joseph Farah

[Perseverando]

For close to 20 years now, I’ve been observing and reporting on a disturbing trend in law enforcement – the federalization and militarization of local police forces.

Until recently, practically no one noticed what was happening. But with the focus on police shootings and the civil disturbances that have followed – sometimes involving tanks, military-style gear and Kevlar – it’s hard not to notice that local cops don’t exactly look like Officer Joe Bolton anymore.

It was none other than Al Sharpton (I won’t call him reverend) who suggested recently that the answer to the use of excessive force by local police is to nationalize them – federalize them. If there were any doubt what a bad idea this is, consider its new champion.

Interestingly, we already have a model for a federalized police force in the United States – in Washington, D.C.

How’s that working out for us in terms of excessive force issues?

The answer can be found by Googling the name “Miriam Carey,” if it is so far unfamiliar to you. Carey was a dental hygienist and black mother who visited the nation’s capital in October 2013 with her infant daughter in a car seat. She made an apparent wrong turn near the White House and was inexplicably gunned down by Capitol Police and Secret Service agents.

While Al Sharpton and his ilk may think federalization of police forces equals perfect justice, Miriam Carey’s family disagrees. In fact, until recently, after WND filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department in pursuit of the official reports never released publicly on the case, a massive cover-up has been underway involving a multitude of federalized police agencies. Still, even now, all video recordings of the incident, including those captured by satellites, have been withheld. Yet the media and the

[Birdsbane]

They are playing God.

[Birdsbane]

The world is in big, big trouble.

This song by Extreme is almost prophetic in it’s context...

Stop the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ray4SeegoKc

[antidisestablishment]

That's so oldschool.

Try Bulletproof Skin.

And you shall be like God...

[BitWielder1]

The context of the “police brutality” premise is completely bogus.

Of course it is. The Left is using any excuse they can find.

[piasa]

I wonder if the cop who shot Ashli Babbitt was involved in the shooting of Marian Carey?