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blackspade

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8. This is crap.

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Sun Jun 29, 2014, 10:36 AM

Jun 2014

Turning the cops into Blackwater is a shitty idea.

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Massachusetts SWAT teams claim they�re private corporations, immune from open records laws [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 OP

Went to the Martha Coakley page (running for gov) PuraVidaDreamin Jun 2014 #1

Private SWAT = Mercenaries. alfredo Jun 2014 #2

Exactly! ReRe Jun 2014 #14

Except they aren't private. They're 100% taxpayer supported. They're rogues. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #15

Like Blackwater? alfredo Jun 2014 #34

No. These are all city/state employees. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #35

Still, I think calling them mercenaries to paint them in the worst possible light. If they want to alfredo Jun 2014 #37

If it's a matter of PR framing Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #40

Mercenary is a neat compact frame. alfredo Jun 2014 #62

they aren't private - they're still paid by public funds TorchTheWitch Jun 2014 #18

I think it is best to call these SWAT teams mercenaries until there is full disclosure. alfredo Jun 2014 #36

That's funny... my 501(c)(3) has open records. mwooldri Jun 2014 #3

K&R Babel_17 Jun 2014 #4

Politicians are cops too scared to do their own killing. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #16

Please see my post number #22. Start with the City Manager. DhhD Jun 2014 #23

This isn't a "city" thing, though--this sounds like a state problem. MADem Jun 2014 #26

i suppose private prisons can torture, then? unblock Jun 2014 #5

Except this isn't outsourcing. The LECs are 100% taxpayer supported. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #17

it's stories like this barbtries Jun 2014 #6

Me, too. Will the Supreme Court have to rule? duhneece Jun 2014 #7

This is crap. blackspade Jun 2014 #8

REX-84 had plans for the Citizen's Militias to help out in the Big Round-Up. Octafish Jun 2014 #9

This must be related to the Fusion Centers around the country. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #42

Jeremy Scahill wrote that it wasn't wise octoberlib Jun 2014 #10

These aren't private "security" firms. These are public employees that are 100% taxpayer support Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #19

I see. This is what happens when I don't bother to read the article. octoberlib Jun 2014 #29

No worries. In a way I wish you were right. At least then we could Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #30

I believe them ybbor Jun 2014 #11

And some people think we should repeal the Second Amendment. NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #12

Not only would they repeal the 2nd they would employee these very same lawless paramilitary forces Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #20

I don't get the drive to disarm citizens as the neo Pinkertons take over TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #28

So a bunch of dudes with mini arsenals are going to take on a militarized police force? BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #38

I don't want this to be seen as an endorsement for insurrection but Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #41

I did think of Afghanistan in particular BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #44

The police are militarizing themselves against civilians, even innocent civilians. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #47

I agree that cops should not be militarized as that would no longer serve their purpose BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #50

First, not "dudes", exclusively. Second, grab yerself a history book. Take VietNam, for example. NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #51

It's always funny when the real gunner logic come out BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #54

you go with that, the namecalling and broadbrushing, because beyond that you ain't got shit. NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #56

.. BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #59

Essentially, the message sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #13

When do We The People get to call it a coup? n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #60

Every law enforcement official that went through the process of converting LiberalFighter Jun 2014 #21

It's my understanding that they would have to be approved PotatoChip Jun 2014 #43

To be a 501(c)3 in Massachusetts they also need to be with the IRS. LiberalFighter Jun 2014 #45

Are you sure that it is not both? PotatoChip Jun 2014 #46

The 401(c)3 is an IRS status. Federal code/regulation. LiberalFighter Jun 2014 #58

I think that we are in agreement. PotatoChip Jun 2014 #61

Lawsuits are being written as we speak dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #48

Being Public Servants and payed by taxpayers, their resume(s), job application, and reviews DhhD Jun 2014 #22

That's effed up Android3.14 Jun 2014 #24

They should not be immune, and if it takes legislation to make an MADem Jun 2014 #25

Silly Question Savannahmann Jun 2014 #27

fucked up beyond all reason eShirl Jun 2014 #31

Even if they are a private business, that argument is still BS. Any private corporation that works DesertDiamond Jun 2014 #32

But that's a federal law and a federal agency unrepentant progress Jun 2014 #39

Lots of good info here: MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #33

then let them fund themselves. spanone Jun 2014 #49

Then they would complete their transition to warlord. They need to be stripped of their Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #52

If they aren't supported by tax dollars then they must be vigilantes. lpbk2713 Jun 2014 #53

Kick out of disgust! grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #55

I have a feeling this is going to get changed pretty quick Marrah_G Jun 2014 #57