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Behind the Police: How The Police Declared War On All Of Us

Behind the Bastards

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Is Your Training Making You Scared?

Cops are equipped with military grade weaponry, but not with military grade training. They're told that their own safety is their number one concern and anything they do to protect themselves is justified. Cops also received more than six thousand bayonets in a ten year period. The only time you saw us police in the placesre the us was when they were rolling around in mraps. And i remember seeing one like maybe a quarter of a mile back from the front line,. And i'm literally sitting on my tghties looking at some friends on a pile of rubble... That's what these are like for the first time: These are personal eghties."

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