“Weapons of War on American Streets” ….. why? Is there a war in the USA? Are we a “police state” now? Wondering …..
© Josh Sager – August 2014
As virtually everybody who reads the news knows, the shooting of 18-year old Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer has ballooned into an extremely volatile situation—protesters have flooded the streets of Ferguson, while police have armed themselves with weapons fresh off of the Middle Eastern battlefields in Iraq.
While the shooting occurred over a week ago, I will not be speculating about it in this article—I will be focusing entirely upon the police response to the protests of the shooting and the terrible path of militarization that our police forces have gone down. Next week, when more information is released about the shooting itself (currently, the police have yet to release an autopsy, ballistics report, toxicological screens, official witness statements, or any information other than the name of the shooter), I will write a separate article analyzing it.
The militarization of a…
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It Is What It Is 
Been saying it the whole time I have known ya Doc ❤
http://shaunynews.com/2014/07/05/america-you-aint-independent-why-celebrate-a-big-brother-state/
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I know that you’ve been saying this all along. I’ve been thinking about you as I read all of this ….
Ferguson was the tipping point. 😦
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