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posted by Woods on Wednesday June 11 2014, @08:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the articles-that-are-plotlines-to-movies dept.

Jeremy Bender reports that eight different law enforcement agencies in Indiana have purchased massive Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) that were formerly used in Iraq and Afghanistan. The MRAP is a bulletproof, 60,000-pound, six-wheeled behemoth with heavy armor, a gunner's turret and the word "SHERIFF" emblazoned on its flank.

Pulaski County, home to 13,124 people, is one of the counties that have purchased an MRAP from military surplus. When asked to justify the purchase of a former military vehicle, Pulaski County Sheriff Michael Gayer told the Indy Star:

"The United States of America has become a war zone. There's violence in the workplace, there's violence in schools and there's violence in the streets. You are seeing police departments going to a semi-military format because of the threats we have to counteract. If driving a military vehicle is going to protect officers, then that's what I'm going to do."

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Subsentient on Wednesday June 11 2014, @08:55PM

    by Subsentient (1111) on Wednesday June 11 2014, @08:55PM (#54289) Homepage Journal

    "So it begins" -Kosh

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by isostatic on Wednesday June 11 2014, @09:50PM

    by isostatic (365) on Wednesday June 11 2014, @09:50PM (#54316) Journal

    It began a long time ago, and you, the American public, love it.

    Look at the loving reaction to martial law in Boston when a couple of kids with a flash bang managed to kill a total of 3 people! You Americans cowered behind your TV sets clutching your copy of "land of the free home of the brave" with no sense of the irony.

    • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Wednesday June 11 2014, @10:17PM

      by mhajicek (51) on Wednesday June 11 2014, @10:17PM (#54324)

      Your source of information was what; the news media? You think they'll show interviews with people they disagree with?

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    • (Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday June 11 2014, @10:49PM

      by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 11 2014, @10:49PM (#54332)
      ... a 'flash bang'...? Why exactly do you feel like you're in possession of a valid opinion on this topic?
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by redneckmother on Thursday June 12 2014, @02:10AM

    by redneckmother (3597) on Thursday June 12 2014, @02:10AM (#54385)

    re: "So it begins" -Kosh

    Or perhaps:

    "And so it goes." - Vonnegut

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    Mas cerveza por favor.
  • (Score: 2) by quacking duck on Thursday June 12 2014, @02:33AM

    by quacking duck (1395) on Thursday June 12 2014, @02:33AM (#54394)

    "The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."
      - Kosh

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 12 2014, @09:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 12 2014, @09:33AM (#54504)

    "In my pants" - BV