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KoKo

(84,711 posts) Tue Aug 19, 2014, 05:53 PM Aug 2014

"Operation Urban Shield"--US Police Train with Foreign Militaries to Crackdown on Dissent


Abby Martin remarks on the growing militarization of America’s local police forces in the midst of the unrest in Ferguson, MO, highlighting a program known as Urban Shield, where US police forces train and learn military tactics together.

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"Operation Urban Shield"--US Police Train with Foreign Militaries to Crackdown on Dissent (Original Post) KoKo Aug 2014 OP
I'll leave this here 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #1
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #2
Thank you for viewing, Uncle Joe... KoKo Aug 2014 #3
Locking etherealtruth Aug 2014 #4

KoKo

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3. Thank you for viewing, Uncle Joe...
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Tue Aug 19, 2014, 08:29 PM
Aug 2014

Thought she was bringing attention to a dark corner that needed to be exposed...

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Aug 2014

Though there is certainly increasing militarization of the police in the US, this particular video video is fraught with conspiracies.

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