At first blush, the title of this post could be perceived as somewhat hyperbolic by those who still have an impression of America's police departments as bastions of safety, designed "to protect and to serve" the population of the "land of the free." However, said impression would be promptly washed away upon reading an article in today's NYT which citing Pentagon data, reveals that under the Obama administration, "police departments have received tens of thousands of machine guns; nearly 200,000 ammunition magazines; thousands of pieces of camouflage and night-vision equipment; and hundreds of silencers, armored cars and aircraft."

Which begs the question: just who is America's police force, and by extension the Obama administration, which is behind this quiet militarization of local police forces with weapons that would normally be seen in a warzone, preparing for war against?

SNIP

Read more:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-09...y-preparing-war

It is a definite trend and a troubling trend.

Very creepy.

Zitat

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"police departments have received tens of thousands of machine guns; nearly 200,000 ammunition magazines; thousands of pieces of camouflage and night-vision equipment; and hundreds of silencers, armored cars and aircraft."

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Are these the same cash strapped police depts being drowned in a sea of pension liabilities? So when all these shiney new things begin to break and fall apart, just exactly where will these forces find the money to fix them? In ten years time, all this shit will be hitting the scrap piles and city auctions because getting free stuff is far easier than maintaining free stuff.