tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018239.post3756995867686121731..comments2023-11-03T08:41:14.443-01:00Comments on A True Progressive: Not prepared for freedomJemison Thorsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063466545537540883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018239.post-73881618672573598272011-12-27T23:25:34.786-01:002011-12-27T23:25:34.786-01:00Seen several articles on the 'surplus' tra...Seen several articles on the 'surplus' transfers lately. Key graf from the one you linked:<br /><br />"“It’s kind of had a corrupting influence on the culture of policing in America,” Lynch says. “The dynamic is that you have some officer go to the chief and say, people in the next county have [military hardware], if we don’t take it some other city will. Then they acquire the equipment, they create a paramilitary unit, and everything seems fine.<br /> <br />“But then one or two years pass. They say, look we’ve got this equipment, this training and we haven’t been using it. That’s where it starts to creep into routine policing.”<br /><br />...and that's why I use the tag "SWAT-ing Freedom" to describe this police militarization...Jemison Thorsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063466545537540883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018239.post-89213249476738811952011-12-27T17:59:48.653-01:002011-12-27T17:59:48.653-01:00http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-05/new...http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-05/news/30476833_1_armored-vehicles-military-equipment-police-forcesKSHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339065394244196326noreply@blogger.com