My question with these raids is always where the hell is the states govt' on these things? Govs and state congressmen should be all over this to defend their citizens. It took a massive show of force from the freedom fighters at Bundy's ranch to get Sandoval off his lazy ass.

The states are the last line of defense against this Federal brutality.

This was in the local news recently.

Walla Walla police get new armored vehicle



The Walla Walla Police Department has received a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Armored Vehicle from the Department of Defense. The vehicle will be used by the Emergency Services Unit SWAT Team during training exercises and high risk operations.

The MRAP gives the Team a level of protection previously unavailable, providing full armor to enhance the safety of members as they are delivered directly to the scene of volatile situations involving potentially armed suspects. It will also allow for the safe evacuation of citizens from a scene in the event of an active shooter incident.

The cost of the MRAP to the City was $6,900, to cover the cost of transporting the vehicle to Walla Walla from Texas. The sales price to the US Army was $733,000.

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Walla-W...-255358071.html

Walla Walla is a pleasant (really!) little town of about 30k-40k souls in eastern WA. Why they need an armored vehicle over there I have not idea, but it should be pointed out the WA state prison with some pretty hard cases is over there.

In July 2011, USA Today selected Walla Walla as the friendliest small town in the United States.[9] Walla Walla was also named Friendliest Small Town in America the same year as part of Rand McNally's annual Best of the Road contest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla_Walla,_Washington

I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging

Patrick Henry in his famous "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" speech, March 23, 1775.

http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html

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Why they need an armored vehicle over there I have not idea....

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Congratulations! Your tiny town has an MRAP and is ready for war

Here at The Watch, we’re looking for the smallest town in America to acquire an MRAP, or Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected armored personnel vehicle.

For the past few years, the Pentagon has been giving these vehicles to police departments across the country. The unwieldy behemoths have little real application in domestic police work. They’re designed for use on a battlefield. (The Pentagon offers no training to police departments when it gives the vehicles away. And they’ve been known to tip over.)

But police departments are snatching them up. It’s part of the general trend toward more militarized domestic police forces that’s been happening since about the early 1980s.

Below, I’ve assembled a quick (but by no means comprehensive) rundown of towns and counties to have recently required an MRAP from the Defense Department. But we want to find the tiniest town in America whose police force will be protected from any potential insurgent uprising. So far, the leading contender is Dundee, Mich., a sprawling metropolis of 3,900 people. If you hear of a town with fewer people acquiring an MRAP, please let me know.

Towns and counties that have recently acquired an MRAP:
•Lyon County, Nev. (population: 51,000)
•Watertown, Conn. (population 22,000)
•Walla Walla, Wash. (population: 32,000)
•Michigan City, Ind. (population: 31,000)
•Mason City, Iowa (population: 28,000)
•Madison, Ind. (population 12,000)
•Willimantic, Conn. (population: 18,000)
•Cape Girardeau, Mo. (population: 39,000)
•Story County, Iowa (population: 91,000)
•Manteca, Calif. (population: 71,000)
•Jasper County, Iowa (population: 36,000)
•Justice, Ill. (population: 13,000)
•Dodge County, Wis. (population: 88,000)
•Roanoke Rapids, N.C. (population: 16,000)
•Nampa, Idaho (population: 83,900)
•Merrillville, Ind. (population: 35,600)
•St. Cloud, Minn. (population: 66,000)
•Warren County, N.Y. (population: 65,500)
•North Augusta, S.C. (population: 22,000)
•Eureka, Calif. (population 27,000)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-w...-ready-for-war/

Here is a question for everyone. What does the DOD do with all these $7000 for shipping fees? Is there a slush fund being set up? There is a hell of a lot of decommissioned equipment laying around after these wars. Could add up to a healthy off the books account.