The war on okra....

[Devils Horse]

No doubt the amount of fire power they brought does bother me. I have never been in law enforcement (national guard MP for about a year) anyway I support law enforcement to a fault at times but that was just plain wrong. What ever happened to being prepared? Intel?

I support them also, but it seems certain arms of law enforcement get more paramilitary all the time, and that really does concern me.

Don't know anymore, but there used to be shows on TV where cops would get all geared up and bust doors down with a battering ram. With virtually no warning they'd storm houses of sleeping people, armed to the teeth, screaming at the top of their lungs. The last show I watched they crashed in on some schlep suspected of growing pot in the basement. I don't watch that stuff anymore because I found myself angry...almost pulling for the 'criminal'.

Everyone wants police protection, but nobody wants a police state. Maybe I'm paranoid, but it seems our freedoms at citizens are being given up/taken away faster then ever.

[kygorski]

Isn't there a phrase someplace"Innocent till proven guilty". How does it work today, Guilty, prove your self innocent.