Quote:The comment about allowing police into your house was sarcasm in reference to the previous poster stating that dui checkpoints and stop and frisk should be tolerated under the premise of, "If you're not doing anything wrong..."

 

Yes, this situation was completely avoidable.  If people don't riot, loot, and destroy then the situation could have been avoided.

 

Yes, I am arguing that the police aren't militarized.  I don't call bringing bigger weapons to a fight militarization.  Now if they were flying Apache's with rockets and 50 cals overhead, I might say something different.  How does one use the argument that a police officer with a long arm is "militarization" yet take issue when a civilian owns a long arm and it's considered an "assault weapon?"  You can't see the hypocrisy there?

 

The police are not sporting semi-auto's for starters. second it's not just long rifles, it's the fully body armor the MRAP vehicles, the Sound Cannons, TANKS yes actually tanks. 

 

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

 

seriously the MRAP is a $700,000 + military grade vehicle. Just look into the pentagons 1033 program if you don't believe the police have and are being militarized. 

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