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mountains outside of #boulder?
Yearly Archives: 2014
The militarization of American police forces is a byproduct of the utterly failed war on drugs with more gasoline thrown on the fire by the war on terror
The militarization of American police forces is a byproduct of the utterly failed war on drugs with more gasoline thrown on the fire by the war on terror
The problem with this approach is that it does nothing to make us safer and only serves to have the police that should be protecting us end up terrorizing the populace.
Note that I am not calling police terrorists in the common usage of the term. However, if you see dozens of officers in military-style fatigues, helmets and body armor pointing big guns at you, it will inspire fear and terror.?
We’re arming our police to fight problems we don’t have.
38% of charter schools in Michigan rank among the bottom quarter of schools in the state
38% of charter schools in Michigan rank among the bottom quarter of schools in the state
Clearly the for-profit operators like National Heritage Academies are desperate to avoid any real accountability for the way they are wasting tax dollars.?
What do state Superintendent of Education Mike Flanagan and former Alabama Gov. George Wallace have in common? Well, they’re both white men. That’s pretty much the only similarity we can find. But that didn’t stop the the charter school advocates at the Great Lakes Education Project from making the comparison.
The police are wrong, plain and simple
The police are wrong, plain and simple?
The ACLU and other critics say the acquisition of surplus military gear and the purchase of military-style weaponry with federal grant money are turning local police officers into soldiers.
Last December when the new
Last December when the new +Ford Motor Company Mustang was revealed, the first-ever factory-built right-hand-drive version was reconfirmed
Now the first pre-production prototype of the version destined for markets such as the UK, Japan, Australia and South Africa is up and running. ?
It's long past time to demilitarize the police
It's long past time to demilitarize the police
The buildup in the wake in the wake of 9/11 let local police forces all over the country acquire military equipment designed for war fighting that they have no business possessing. When police that traditionally have been undertrained and prone to abuse the power they have suddenly get over-armed, it is inevitable that they will do something stupid like this.
The police chief in Ferguson needs to be removed immediately and all of these weapons should be taken away. ?
Another automatically generated Google plus story
Another automatically generated Google plus story ?
In the process of cleaning up my office space in preparation for my new job, I found a bunch of old discs
In the process of cleaning up my office space in preparation for my new job, I found a bunch of old discs?
These wasps were also digging the bronze fennel
These wasps were also digging the bronze fennel?