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In b4 the non. Great thread. The militarization of our police force has been a growing problem and one that no one wants to address because it's politically preferable to let this and our prison epidemic fester than be "soft on crime". Despicable.

prison nation is the twisted off-spring of "progressivism" both left and right wing.

Could you elaborate? In layman's terms please--it's Monday.

btw....the militarization is in no small part due to the Federal government. They provide much of the funding, equipment and incentive for local cops to militarize*.


*although in many cases it's probably not a hard sell.

I live in one such "podunk". Little bitty micro-burb of New Orleans. In 2012, we had 1 murder, 1 rape, 3 robberies, 9 assaults, 27 burglaries, 86 thefts, 6 auto thefts, and 2 arsons. Yet, our lovely police force found it necessary to buy a surplus 6x6 armored personnel carrier.

However, the fallout from this was that the police chief resigned and we have a new guy in office now - one who has promised to sell the APC and use the money to buy 2 golf carts and 4 bikes and send officers on patrol in these (makes the officers much more accessible for citizens than if they were in a car, which they still have 6 of).