No-Fly Zone

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Why There’s A No-Fly Zone Over Ferguson, Missouri

Because the police don’t want to be caught on America shitting on the laws they are supposed to uphold. 

As for firing on police helicopters… Stretching the credibility of the St. Louis County Police enough to say, OK, if this did indeed happen, were those shots fired from another helicopter or from the ground?  If a civilian helicopter or plane fired on a police helicopter, that’s a big fucking deal. We would have heard about that by now. So the shots must have been fired from the ground. So why the no fly zone again? 

There’s a bit of a gaping hole with a neon sign that says I am laying stretching across it in your story officer.

This Is The Terrifying Result Of The Militarization Of Police

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This Is The Terrifying Result Of The Militarization Of Police

Their uniform would be mistaken for a soldier’s if it weren’t for their “Police” patches.

…When did this become OK? When did “protect and serve” turn into “us versus them”?

“Why do these cops need MARPAT camo pants again,” I asked on Twitter this morning. One of the most interesting responses came from a follower who says he served in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division: “We rolled lighter than that in an actual warzone.”

Let’s be clear: This is not a war zone — even if the FAA banned flights under 3,000 feet.

…If there’s one thing I learned in Afghanistan, it’s this: You can’t win a person’s heart and mind when you are pointing a rifle at his or her chest.

Sigh…

 

 

Obama weighs in on Ferguson, likely satisfying no one

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Obama weighs in on Ferguson, likely satisfying no one.

…One of the main reasons police forces have become so militarized is that the federal government has been giving them all manner of military equipment — not just guns, but even things like armored vehicles built for use in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to this recent ACLU report, an estimated 500 local police departments have even been given MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles, which are designed to resist armor-piercing roadside bombs. Perhaps the madness of an ill-trained but overly-equipped police force in Ferguson confronting American citizens with that kind of equipment should prompt a reexamination of the transfer of all that military equipment. That’s something members of Congress can do something about, so we ought to press them to see if they plan to.

hmmmm.