Deadly Force: Arming America's Police - on AJ TV Friday night

[Thebobo]

Something that would seem to interest many here.

9:30 Friday night, Fault line is an Al Jazeera's take on the PBS's Front lines series with in depth coverage on a particular topic, this case on the militarization of american police.

There are some other reports on this topic below on the web page as well. Not sure why the AJ English channel would be blocked in the USA on U tube???.

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/fault-lines.html

Fault Lines investigates how the flow of federal dollars and combat equipment is transforming US police departments into military-like forces.

US police forces are increasingly using military-style tactics to carry out even the most routine daily operations. The number of SWAT teams and SWAT-style raids across the county has skyrocketed in the last few decades. SWAT raids occur at an estimated 50,000 raids per year and the majority that take place involve low-level crimes.

It is a trend that is being propped up by billions of federal dollars in Homeland Security grants and access to free military equipment through the Department of Defense for civilian law enforcement agencies.

Fault Lines travels to California and Tennessee to look at the effects of the increasing militarization of local law enforcement.

 

[dmcowen674]

Ordinary U.S. Police force procedure, nothing to see here, move along.

 

[ivwshane]

It is a trend that is being propped up by billions of federal dollars in Homeland Security grants and access to free military equipment through the Department of Defense for civilian law enforcement agencies.

That's all you need to know right there. Who again is getting the biggest hand outs? The poor? Illegals? Or the military contractors?

 

[Thebobo]

This should be handy in the FEMA death camps :whiste:

Coming to a police agency near you: Pentagon giving away 13K MRAPs

But the police have been buying them already. $700K each

They even want to play army with uniforms!

 

[Triumph]

Everybody was ok with what went on in Boston last year. So don't expect this to stop any time soon, if ever.

 

[Kadarin]

"To serve high-risk warrants..."

 

[rudder]

Quiz: what has killed more Americans in the last 10 years?

A. The war in Iraq
B. killings by law enforcement in the U.S.

 

[Genx87]

Quiz: what has killed more Americans in the last 10 years?

A. The war in Iraq
B. killings by law enforcement in the U.S.

B.

 

[Oldgamer]

Bump.. this is on tonight..

 

[MagickMan]

"To serve high-risk warrants..."

Like deaf, 80 y/os asleep in bed.

 

[BUnit1701]

Like deaf, 80 y/os asleep in bed.

Yea, but they have a .22 pistol near by, that is VERY high risk.

 

[Thebobo]

Well that was depressing. Good show but damn stuff like this is hard to watch. Are there any politicians that have mentioned this as a problem? I guess its dangerous you could be called soft on crime.

 

[Nebor]

Why these dickbags want to wear multicam in urban areas is beyond me.