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War Gear Flows to Police Departments
The New York Times ^ | June 8, 2014 | MATT APUZZO

Posted on 06/09/2014 10:53:58 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

Inside the municipal garage of this small lakefront city, parked next to the hefty orange snowplow, sits an even larger truck, this one painted in desert khaki. Weighing 30 tons and built to withstand land mines, the armored combat vehicle is one of hundreds showing up across the country, in police departments big and small.

The 9-foot-tall armored truck was intended for an overseas battlefield. But as President Obama ushers in the end of what he called America’s “long season of war,” the former tools of combat — M-16 rifles, grenade launchers, silencers and more — are ending up in local police departments, often with little public notice.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; cops; donutwatch; jbt; leos; militarization; militarized
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The militarization of U.S. police departments is thoroughly out of control.
1 posted on 06/09/2014 10:53:58 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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Small towns in Indiana getting MRAPS..for drug interdiction..riiiggghhhttt


2 posted on 06/09/2014 10:57:05 AM PDT by Paul46360 (..)
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To: Timber Rattler

All preparatory for nationalization by the central govenment. Welcome to your “civilian” security force.


3 posted on 06/09/2014 10:57:40 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: Timber Rattler

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/04/18/congratulations-your-tiny-town-has-an-mrap-and-is-ready-for-war/


4 posted on 06/09/2014 10:58:09 AM PDT by Paul46360 (..)
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To: Timber Rattler

That is because the next phase of the MarxoFascist ‘revolution’ is about to kick into gear.

And the targets are those of us whom this cabal has determined cannot be ‘re-educated’.

The evidence of what is about to happen to us is everywhere. But Americans, like the jews in 1938 Europe have a fatal case of Normalcy Bias and refuse to understand what is being prepared against them.


5 posted on 06/09/2014 10:58:28 AM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Timber Rattler

6 posted on 06/09/2014 11:00:08 AM PDT by Paul46360 (..)
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To: Paul46360

They gotta get out of the things sometime...


7 posted on 06/09/2014 11:00:59 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: Timber Rattler

I completely agree with your comment.

What really brought it to my attention some years back, is when they opened up the military equipment to the police departments. Helicopters, armored personnel carriers..., you name it.


8 posted on 06/09/2014 11:01:23 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: Timber Rattler

Ubama is just staging all this equipment with police departments so it will be there when his civilian gestapo get the “go” signal.


9 posted on 06/09/2014 11:01:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: Timber Rattler

Eventually to be used to strengthen our borders. Not.


10 posted on 06/09/2014 11:02:48 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Paul46360

I think civilians should be able to buy those too. :p


11 posted on 06/09/2014 11:04:12 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Michigan City Indiana mayor explaining why they got an MRAP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T0xPdfHW2M

12 posted on 06/09/2014 11:05:07 AM PDT by Paul46360 (..)
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To: Timber Rattler

Mostly to combat the WOD. End it and eliminate the reason to militarize and destroy your rights.


13 posted on 06/09/2014 11:05:59 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Timber Rattler

This administration is getting ready for the coming Social War. The local police will be beholding to “The Divine One” and his fellow crooks and will function to suppress local revolutionary outbreaks.


14 posted on 06/09/2014 11:08:33 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: bamahead

hey ‘head


15 posted on 06/09/2014 11:09:31 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I think this confirms my suspicion that the illegal children are being let in to become the Animal Farm dogs to “cleanse” America of patriots or anyone else who disagrees with Socialist dictatorship


16 posted on 06/09/2014 11:09:53 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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Here is the killer question to ask police, city councils, etc.

‘How and why did your police/sheriff’s department allow their jurisdiction to become such a war zone that they need implements of war to patrol it?’


17 posted on 06/09/2014 11:12:05 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The End)
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Most cops are like little boys with their new toys. They are just as blind to that which they are being asked to do as Americans are to the War Complex being built for use against them.

Type "police department gets MRAP" into Google, then 'images', and.. IT'S FRIGHTENING!!!!

How To Disable MRAP Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Light Armored Vehicles I think TIPPING THE MRAP OVER is the best bet. LOL

18 posted on 06/09/2014 11:22:46 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Timber Rattler

Reminds me, I need to stock up on ammonia.....


19 posted on 06/09/2014 11:23:22 AM PDT by Envisioning (It's the Jihad, stupid......)
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20 posted on 06/09/2014 11:23:52 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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