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JDPriestly

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4. This is the biggest waste of money.

Reply to ellisonz (Original post)

Wed Feb 15, 2012, 03:17 AM

Feb 2012

South Pasadena has less of a crime problem than the average small town in the Midwest. It is full of middle to upper middle class folks who live in trim houses with manicured lawns and put their kids to bed at 7:00 p.m. so that they will do well in school tomorrow. This is RIDICULOUS.

What is worse this is a typical example of the militarization of our local police forces.

And watch, once the officers get this equipment, they will search and search until they find some excuse to use it.

This is a bad trend. It will lead to a bad end.

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LAT Poll: South Pasadena police add armor to their fleet [View all] ellisonz Jan 2012 OP

because police have military envy and don't know how to stay in their appropriate place n t msongs Jan 2012 #1

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South Pasadena...where the cops call for back up on traffic violations Merlot Jan 2012 #3

This is the biggest waste of money. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #4