Trumps use of this military parade reminds me of Ferguson.

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This charade of a parade is about fear, intimidation, threats to anyone different. He is a dictator wanna be and is trying to show us all how big he wishes his d**k was.

Remember Ferguson? I do. If you don't watch the video at the link.

Why Ferguson, Mo., looked like a war zone this week

For several nights this week, tanks, combat gear and assault rifles were seen in Ferguson, Missouri.

It looked like a military operation ion one of the most dangerous war ziones.. That's because police departments in the St. Louis area -- like those across the country -- are arming their officers with equipment once on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Much of it is free of charge or bought with federal grant money authorized by Congress, CBS News' Jan Crawford reports.

In the past year, the Department of Defense has given local law enforcement over 600 MRAPs, the armored vehicles designed to withstand roadside bombs. Texas alone has received 68, Florida 45.

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The Pentagon program has given departments over $5 billion worth of surplus equipment since the program launched in 1991: helicopters, firearms, protective gear, night vision, even computers and camouflage clothing.

The local police also get federal grant money to buy the military-style equipment.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ferguson-missouri-response-shows-police-use-of-military-equipment/

Many police departments already own this military gear. tRump is giving them the nod to use it against all enemies. Those enemies are not foreign terrorists, they will be black and brown people. They will be gay, Native American, Jewish, and Asian. They will come for the women as well.

Fact is none of this might and fright will be use against any white man. Not the Bundys. Not the neo nazis that murdered a woman in Charlottesville because of course they are really fine people.

No 4th celebration for me again this year. Nothing to celebrate here. Nothing.

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