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Humanist_Activist

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Sun May 23, 2021, 09:42 PM May 2021

OK, is this really necessary? Police seem rather overfunded... [View all]


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Couple of thoughts, one is, were they expecting IEDs or someone with a rocket launcher? Also, if I were having a mental health issue, the last thing I would want to see is an armored vehicle roll up like this, seriously, what the fuck is with this shit.

This reminds me of when the Ferguson Protests first started, I remember driving down the road, miles from the protest, and a fucking APC with "St. Louis County Police" stenciled on it rode right up on my ass, couldn't believe what I was looking at. It was the same one a fucking sniper used as a nest to point their gun at protestors in obvious intimidation that night.

Why are police acting and looking like an occupational force and not civilian law enforcement?
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