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Back to the Future: The Alarming Militarization Of American Police

So Trump’s administration is going to make “America Great Again” by cracking down on the steady move of the individual states answering the wishes of 70% of America’s citizens to end Marijuana Prohibition; to increase the instances of unlawful Civil Forfeiture of citizens property without due process and vamping up the Militarization of police forces around the nation.  

“Great again?”  Looks like continuing the Controllers  movement of taking our rights away and using military tactics against honest citizens to me. . . Your Editor Dennis Crenshaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Alarming Militarization Of American Police

Source: Zero Hedge

Via StockBoardAsset.com,

. Trump and the DOJ have just reversed former President Barack Obama’s restrictions that allows local police departments to receive surplus military equipment.

Restoring the program will “ensure that you can get the lifesaving gear that you need to do your job,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a cheering crowd at a national convention of the Fraternal Order of Police in Nashville, Tennessee. The group, America’s largest organization of rank-and-file officers, endorsed Trump for president after he promised to revamp the program. . . . Read Complete Report
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Ron Paul:

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