Police and Pentagon are bringing our wars home

[G_j]

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-commentary/os-op-police-gear-military-protesters-20200628-sr3x75asmvbvhphkwwhtalal5m-story.html

By REV. DR. WILLIAM BARBER II AND PHYLLIS BENNIS

Uniformed U.S. soldiers occupied the center of the city, where an armored personnel carrier was stationed at a major intersection. Was it Kabul or Atlanta?

A U.S. military helicopter hovered over crowds of unarmed civilians, its down-drafts whipping debris and broken glass into their faces. Was it Mogadishu or Washington, D.C.?

Armed, uniformed men surrounded unarmed civilians. One of them shouted “light ‘em up” and began firing projectiles. Was it Baghdad or Minneapolis?
Armor-clad, armed U.S. officers targeted and fired on journalists. Was it Iraq or Louisville?

In every case, it was both. Thanks to years of hyper-militarization, American police departments are recreating our global war zones here at home. With these weapons on our streets, our history of structural racism becomes that much deadlier.

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[Newest Reality]

1. Gee...

I recall reading, a long time ago, that empires, like the colonial and now the American, have a tendency to turn the conquering and interference they applied to other countries inward.

When it comes down to exploitation, it's about easy pickings and if the citizenry is vulnerable, you turn the Fascism around and focus on what's inside your borders.

True or not, that seems to be happening now and it is a call for us to be wary and change it somehow after this predatory monster is gone, because we can't do much with him and the GOP supporting this process of disaster and vulture capitalism.

[Laelth]

2. +1 n/t

-Laelth