SWAT Mania: The War Against the American Citizen
Jun 14, 2011 16:16:46 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jun 14, 2011 16:16:46 GMT -5
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Friends,
If you have been reading the articles and stories I have been sending you over the years, you have witnessed the disturbing trend in paramilitary operations against our fellow citizens with Police Officers utilizing military specific weaponry, vehicles and tactics against our fellow citizens. With the many cases of "assault teams" killing innocent homeowners, un-necessarily destroying personal property and killing family pets, the situation is rapidly spiraling out of control.
Think it can't happen to you? I've sent you all numerous articles on such events, such as the rash of "WRONG ADDRESS" "No Knock" assaults on innocent homeowners.
But take heart, this can be reversed. As long as we all step forward and do our duty as citizens, this can be repaired.
Stand, Speak boldly and without fear.
Resist
SWAT Team Mania: The War Against the American Citizen
By John W. Whitehead, 6/13/2011
“He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there.”--Anthony Wright, victim of a Dept. of Education SWAT team raid
The militarization of American police--no doubt a blowback effect of the military empire--has become an unfortunate part of American life. In fact, it says something about our reliance on the military that federal agencies having nothing whatsoever to do with national defense now see the need for their own paramilitary units. Among those federal agencies laying claim to their own law enforcement divisions are the State Department, Department of Education, Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service, to name just a few. These agencies have secured the services of fully armed agents--often in SWAT team attire--through a typical bureaucratic sleight-of-hand provision allowing for the creation of Offices of Inspectors General (OIG). Each OIG office is supposedly charged with not only auditing their particular agency’s actions but also uncovering possible misconduct, waste, fraud, theft, or certain types of criminal activity by individuals or groups related to the agency’s operation. At present, there are 73 such OIG offices in the federal government that, at times, perpetuate a police state aura about them....
www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=715
Friends,
If you have been reading the articles and stories I have been sending you over the years, you have witnessed the disturbing trend in paramilitary operations against our fellow citizens with Police Officers utilizing military specific weaponry, vehicles and tactics against our fellow citizens. With the many cases of "assault teams" killing innocent homeowners, un-necessarily destroying personal property and killing family pets, the situation is rapidly spiraling out of control.
Think it can't happen to you? I've sent you all numerous articles on such events, such as the rash of "WRONG ADDRESS" "No Knock" assaults on innocent homeowners.
But take heart, this can be reversed. As long as we all step forward and do our duty as citizens, this can be repaired.
Stand, Speak boldly and without fear.
Resist
SWAT Team Mania: The War Against the American Citizen
By John W. Whitehead, 6/13/2011
“He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there.”--Anthony Wright, victim of a Dept. of Education SWAT team raid
The militarization of American police--no doubt a blowback effect of the military empire--has become an unfortunate part of American life. In fact, it says something about our reliance on the military that federal agencies having nothing whatsoever to do with national defense now see the need for their own paramilitary units. Among those federal agencies laying claim to their own law enforcement divisions are the State Department, Department of Education, Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service, to name just a few. These agencies have secured the services of fully armed agents--often in SWAT team attire--through a typical bureaucratic sleight-of-hand provision allowing for the creation of Offices of Inspectors General (OIG). Each OIG office is supposedly charged with not only auditing their particular agency’s actions but also uncovering possible misconduct, waste, fraud, theft, or certain types of criminal activity by individuals or groups related to the agency’s operation. At present, there are 73 such OIG offices in the federal government that, at times, perpetuate a police state aura about them....
www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=715