This is highly dangerous because it allows the police to be utilized for military purposes on a local level, essentially creating the threat of a totalitarian state with police enforcement of anything a given politician wants them to enforce. Strike breaking, for example, could be easily arranged with a highly militarized police force with no need to seek the federal oversight that has happened in the past.
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Jan 16, 2016
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I must totally agree with your points and would add that as police use more and more military tactics, I believe that we will see criminal elements using more firepower dangerously in urban areas. As with nations, criminals and police may well indulge in an 'arms race' that will create more dangerous scenarios for all citizens in the future.
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