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nazshooter · March 8, 2013, 02:01 PM

At the most basic level, power corrupts and giving the police a larger advantage over the average citizen does increase the likelihood of it being abused. At the local level the willingness of the people to approve tax increases provides a natural limit to all this but federal grants for fancy gear shift the balance in an unhealthy way.

March 8, 2013, 02:01 PM	#25
nazshooter Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2008 Posts: 151	Re: ACLU to look at "militarization" of local police At the most basic level, power corrupts and giving the police a larger advantage over the average citizen does increase the likelihood of it being abused. At the local level the willingness of the people to approve tax increases provides a natural limit to all this but federal grants for fancy gear shift the balance in an unhealthy way.