Our police departments now regularly receive free surplus equipment from the U.S. military, which they readily accept. The training being given at many police academies appears to be the type of tactics one would use in Baghdad, rather than Baltimore. It would seem that our police officers are being readied for war, with the American public as the enemy. In the last several years, there has been a transformation from community policing to pre-emptive assaults....
SWAT teams were designed to deal with very violent individuals who represent a clear and present threat to the public. However, they are now being used to execute warrants on non-violent offenders and even those who have no prior criminal history at all. Turning our neighborhood cops into shock troops will do nothing but erode public confidence in the police and endanger the lives of innocent Americans.
Recently, Boston's new police commissioner William Fitchet announced that the department's Street Crime Unit will begin wearing military-style black uniforms to instill a sense of "fear." At last week's city council meeting, police Sgt. John Delaney told council members that the black uniforms would send a message that officers were serious.
Did someone declare martial law?"
"The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.
The government seeks to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to conduct more comprehensive testing to satisfy demand from overseas customers in Japan and elsewhere....
Mad cow disease... can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef."
Yup, this government CARES and LOVES YOU, shit-chewers!!
Of course, they would never lie about 9/11 or Iraq, either!!!
It's just as well. Maybe you shouldn't be going out to eat, anyway:
