I live in a very rural county consisting of corn and bean fields, churches and a mall or three for shopping. Imagine my surprise to hear our Sheriff now has an MRAP in the pole barn. Yup, my little county decided to go all military on us, despite already having the National Guard Training Base of Atterbury within the county for our "protection." Our local population is a bit up in arms over the whole thing.
The most frightening comments in the attached article were the following:
"The United States of America has become a war zone" and "It's a lot more intimidating than a Dodge".
The general drift of the article is our police feel that moving towards a militarized police force is the way to go. It's a mind set spreading rapidly throughout America and, as the Sheriff states, he'll try to keep his men from becoming too over enthusiastic about it's use. Once again, the police are supposed to serve and protect, not intimidate the hell out of you! And since when was the U.S. declared a war zone? Did someone sign a bill or something that I missed? How did this mind set become OK?
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014140609003&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
The most frightening comments in the attached article were the following:
"The United States of America has become a war zone" and "It's a lot more intimidating than a Dodge".
The general drift of the article is our police feel that moving towards a militarized police force is the way to go. It's a mind set spreading rapidly throughout America and, as the Sheriff states, he'll try to keep his men from becoming too over enthusiastic about it's use. Once again, the police are supposed to serve and protect, not intimidate the hell out of you! And since when was the U.S. declared a war zone? Did someone sign a bill or something that I missed? How did this mind set become OK?
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014140609003&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1