In all of this, few if any have maintained anything that one might call a balanced perspective.
Militarization (2) ever since Bush (43) / 9-11 started spreading $$$ around, small police jurisdictions have pressured their congressmen to spread the $$$ their way. Even though, reasonable people could make a case the cities like NYC, Chicago, LA, Boston, SF, and the like can make the case that they deserve more $$$ than Fergistan or Sanford Fla, the smaller jurisdictions doing the machoi ego crisis thing stomped and screamed. Voila, Uncle Sam opened up the armories and generous quantities of military grade materials went their way. Result, Fergistan. Because, within a limited framework, the local rubes, bozos, and denizens of the local chamber of commerce and civic pride had to strut their stuff.
Militarization (1) of local police nothing new ... been around eversince people wondered why drug gangs had semi-automatics wearing body armor while police have side arms and little else.
heard too many people talk like this is something recent. It isn't. Police brutalisation has been going on since the sixties / LA / Rampart street situation.
Best commentary on fergistan 2014-aug-24 Sunday WABE Atlanta On The Media / NPR
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