is there really any reason that y'all can think of for police departments to be as overly militarized as they are other than for situations like this? this seems like a complete institutional problem.
i guess there's terrorism which we saw with boston a couple years back, but killing a black kid on "accident" and then needing to bring out the riot gear seems a lot more common in America than a potential terrorist attack. almost feels like a self fulfilling prophecy.
also kinda sad that i'm paranoid to be posting anything in this thread with all these fukking lurkers, but fukk it. this needs to be discussed.