Remember those scenes of Boston PD and the Staties pulling people from their homes at gunpoint during the hunt for the Marathon bombers. Armored vehicles were on the streets and troopers carrying M4s, wearing cammies and deltoid armor made a very intimidating scene. Paul, IMO is right. Cops are supposed to be citizens not warriors.And whoever said start with the feds is spot on. Too many agencies possess needless SWAT units and the feds are giving away MRAPs, and $$$ to buy all this military equipment. I’d venture a guess that these cops in Mo. are as geared up and more than rifle platoons in A’stan.
Thank you for posting this..as I was about to. That was a scene I don’t want in my neighborhood...innocents being dragged from their homes at gunpoint, etc., their dogs tied to fences and someone filming from his own home was threatened. And in the end, it was one observant homeowner who spotted the perp in his own yard. Also agree with the statement re: other federal agencies completely unrelated to law enforcement. I can see the FBI having equipment...but not Agriculture and numerous other federal agencies who have these WAT teams.