Cops militarized? Do you think?

[packman]

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"Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey, one of two co-chairs apppointed by President Obama on Monday to head a commission on ways to demilitarize police departments, is known for leading repeated bloody and abusive crackdowns on protesters when he was Washington, D.C.’s chief a decade ago, according to a civil rights attorney who won millions of dollars in damages for hundreds of citizens attacked by the police."

Look at this picture- 4 (Count 'em) Stars on shoulders and collar- 16 total. Braided General's cap, gold insignia here and there, stripes on arm. Military much?


http://www.dailykos.com/

[Fred Sanders]

1. Another question to ask....are the citizenry also militarized? Because they sure are well armed.

[phil89]

2. as long as former military

people are allowed to be police, it will be a militarized police force.