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Militarizing Mayberry

Thursday, May 18th, 2006
  • Saginaw, MI:
    Kahary said he counted about 20 officers, many clad in SWAT gear, and carrying automatic rifles in the twilight Tuesday as they circled around a townhouse at 721 N. Bates, near Throop.

    [...]

    Officers found small amounts of drugs, Doyle said. As of this morning, they had made no arrests.

  • Meanwhile, the Unicoi County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Department SWAT team just received a nice gift from a private security company: An armored vehicle. Unicoi County’s popuation: 17,703. Number of reported murders in Unicoi County since 2000: Zero. My guess: The Sherif’s Department will start finding uses for that sweet new piece of machinery, regardless of whether or not said use actually warrants it.
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    This entry was posted on Thursday, May 18th, 2006 at 8:44 am by Radley Balko and is filed under Police Militarization. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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