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If You Feel Any Safer With Our Military Police, Arming US Cops With Military Gear is Dangerous, Alienating, and Sociopathic! (Video)
Dangerous, Alienating, Sociopathic…
June 17 2014
Are we paying attention to the absolute hatred that is spreading like a cancer? If we think the horrific bloodlust in the Middle East is terrifying, we need to wake up to the reality that this is coming to a city near us, yes, many “thanks” to Tyrant O.
Dangerous, alienating, and sociopathic: the policy of arming police to the teeth with military-grade gear shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how crime is solved and what it means for a cop to walk the beat, former Captain Ray Lewis told RT.
Nine-foot tall, 55,000 pound, Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored-fighting vehicles rolling through the streets of America.
Millions of dollars’ worth of military gear being distributed to local police forces on an annual basis.
Drones, M-16s and so many other hand-me-downs from over a decade of war making their way from US forces abroad to a local police force near you.
If you really believe any of this is making you safer, Lewis, who spent 24 years on the force, says you should think again. Endangering lives, alienating communities, turning minority neighborhoods into occupied territory and compromising the very ability for police to do their jobs; these are just a few of the reasons the former commissioner believes main street is being sold down the river for power-hungry cops and ruthless corporate interest. Read more or listen to the video below.
Are you prepared?
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