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no_to_war_economy (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:29 AM Original message |
why the hell does the police need to wear military uniforms |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Why grandma what big teeth you have..." (nt) |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. The militarization of the police started under Nixon |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. In a word |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. To desensitize the sheeple to the new world order. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Exactly. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I don't know, ever been to Phoenix or LA? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. They want YOU to know who's in charge. |
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Nozebro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. What do you think Democrats will do about this, now that they could? EOM |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. we the people have allowed. that slippery slope everyone dismisses |
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Nozebro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. In other words, Democrats are as much to blame as the GOP, so they won't |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. not our elected people. the citizens. i think you clearly know |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Which is why the MSM makes so much of every type of crime |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. because it is fun to dress up and see the american people as the enemy |
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shrdlu (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. In addition to being a sign of creeping fascism, |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. police, military, secret police, death squads . . . |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. Oh, come on... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. Carrying gear |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. The photo caption says "why" |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. No one said that. Just that they should look like cops, not |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. SWAT teams dress like military for the same reasons the |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. SWAT teams generally wear all black |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. And all of these |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Do you want the real reason or the reason of some with active |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. thank god for global warming... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. CAn anyone tell me if SWAT teams started out after the Viet Nam War? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. they love playing cops and robbers? |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Read Dress for Success...uniforms do matter |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Donut-stain-removal tests have determined military uniforms are best. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. So they can look really skeeeeery and macho. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. Because all police departments are paramilitary organizations |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. So when the military takes over their jobs, we'll be used to seeing those uniforms. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. I noticed that when I got my police equipment catalog this week |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. It dehumanizes the wearer... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. Joe Friday and Kojack didn't need that bullshit! |
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