Posted on 05/11/2015 8:34:49 AM PDT by Perseverando
For close to 20 years now, Ive 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 its hard not to notice that local cops dont exactly look like Officer Joe Bolton anymore.
It was none other than Al Sharpton (I wont 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.
Hows 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 nations 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 Careys 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
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I wonder if the cop who shot Ashli Babbitt was involved in the shooting of Marian Carey?
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