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leveymg

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1. 50-80% of police are recruited out of the military. The US has been occupying countries for a

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 05:57 PM

Aug 2013

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decade without pause, and the police are just doing what they've been trained and conditioned to do - occupy, and take out "the bad guys" in the midst of a hostile population.

That's what happened to "to Protect and Defend."

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Slow slide into a military police state. [View all] kentuck Aug 2013 OP

50-80% of police are recruited out of the military. The US has been occupying countries for a leveymg Aug 2013 #1