Thread: Americans Are Living (And Dying) In A Militarized Police State

Today, police departments across the United States more closely resemble an occupying army than they do public servants responding to calls for help. Police officers can now be seen wearing helmets and body armor and carrying AR-15's, just to deliver simple warrants. The militarization of our police departments not only gives the appearance of a military dictatorship but places the public at great risk.

Article here.................

And meanwhile we have the government(both sides of the isle) are working to take your guns, they have all but legalized teaching the constitution, they have over 50,000 preachers telling millions to bow to the government and submit to their will, they have 25,000 CEO's with shoot to kill orders in time of martial law, they have stasis type informers in every neighborhood, they have recruited the fire dept to spy on you, they have.......


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Originally Posted by michaelr

Article here.................

And meanwhile we have the government(both sides of the isle) are working to take your guns, they have all but legalized teaching the constitution, they have over 50,000 preachers telling millions to bow to the government and submit to their will, they have 25,000 CEO's with shoot to kill orders in time of martial law, they have stasis type informers in every neighborhood, they have recruited the fire dept to spy on you, they have.......


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better get that umbrella ready, the sky's falling again.

Yes, by all means, you have much more to fear from the firefighter next door whose cookout your attending tommorow than you do heart disease.

Man, do you sit around trying to scare yourself?

Pass the umbrella Nick....

Originally Posted by michaelr

Article here.................

And meanwhile we have the government(both sides of the isle) are working to take your guns, they have all but legalized teaching the constitution, they have over 50,000 preachers telling millions to bow to the government and submit to their will, they have 25,000 CEO's with shoot to kill orders in time of martial law, they have stasis type informers in every neighborhood, they have recruited the fire dept to spy on you, they have.......


GET THE PICTURE???????

another unsubstantiated, non-sourced, editorial. you know i couldn't find a single story on either of the two men mentioned?

My computer got a 'Connection timed out' when I tired to read the article....

I took that as a sign from up high

Originally Posted by nickcuse

another unsubstantiated, non-sourced, editorial. you know i couldn't find a single story on either of the two men mentioned?

I will find one for you, I had 10 seconds...


Death raises concern at police tactics

Originally Posted by Akkaid

My computer got a 'Connection timed out' when I tired to read the article....

I took that as a sign from up high

heres an excerpt, let me know if you can find a single thing on culosi or fredrick; i could not:

On January 24, 2006, Dr. Salvatore Culosi was shot and killed outside his house by a Fairfax County SWAT officer. Police used the SWAT team to serve a documents search warrant, after Dr. Culosi came under suspicion for taking sports bets. The investigation began after Fairfax Detective David Baucom solicited a bet with Dr. Culosi at a local sports bar.

Dr. Culosi was standing outside his home while talking with Det. Baucom, when SWAT Officer Deval Bullock quickly approached with his gun drawn and fatally shot Dr. Culosi in the chest. Court documents report that Culosi never made any threatening movements and made no attempt to run as he watched the SWAT team move in around him.

Dr. Culosi had no history of violence nor any criminal history whatsoever. He operated two successful optometry clinics at Wal-Marts in Manassas and Warrenton, Va. His parents have filed a $12 million lawsuit against the county of Fairfax, Va.

On the night of January 17, 2008, a police SWAT team surrounded Ryan Frederick´s home in Chesapeake, Va. The police were there to serve a drug warrant based on a tip from a criminal informant.

As usual, 28 year-old Ryan Frederick had gone to sleep early in order to leave the house before dawn for his job with a soda distributor. He awoke to a commotion of screams and the distinct sound of someone breaking down his front door.

Frederick´s house had been broken into a few days earlier, being a slight man of only a little over 100 pounds, Frederick feared for his safety. After the break-in, he purchased a gun.

Understandably frightened, Frederick grabbed his gun and when he got to the front of his house, he saw a man trying to crawl through the bottom portion of his door. Terrified that the intruders had returned, he fired.

The man he shot was not an aggressive burglar, nor a drug-crazed murderer, he was Det. Jarrod Shivers. The police detective and military veteran died almost immediately. Frederick was charged with first-degree murder and now sits in a jail cell awaiting trial.

I thought this was a thread abot Berkley California.

Hate to jump fence to Micheals side Nick, but there are ALOT of stories on Culosi, there's even a web site dedicated to his memory, it was pretty big in the news for a while. It was a very unfortunate event, and justice was not served IMO

Still does not justify being afraid of firefighters and police in general, when you have a population of 300 million, bad things will happen from time to time.

Originally Posted by michaelr

And meanwhile we have the government(both sides of the isle) are working to take your guns, they have all but legalized teaching the constitution, they have over 50,000 preachers telling millions to bow to the government and submit to their will, they have 25,000 CEO's with shoot to kill orders in time of martial law, they have stasis type informers in every neighborhood, they have recruited the fire dept to spy on you, they have....... GET THE PICTURE???????

Regarding the other thread concerning "getting rid of" michaelr...

I would seriously miss these posts if something were to happen to him.