Quantum Windbag
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- May 9, 2010
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Liberals get upset by policies that allow police to stop people walking down the street and searching them, progressives think it is good because only criminals will have anything to hide.
Few back stop-and-frisk idea in violent S.F. area - SFGate
Liberals see a proposal to give police APCs and wonder why police need them, progressives think UC Berkley police need one.
IPS – Liberal Berkeley Poised to Acquire Armoured Vehicle | Inter Press Service
I love the statist justification of an incident that ended with no one getting hurt justifies police getting a vehicle designed to carry soldiers into combat.
Few back stop-and-frisk idea in violent S.F. area - SFGate
Liberals see a proposal to give police APCs and wonder why police need them, progressives think UC Berkley police need one.
The University of California, Berkeley police department is using grant funds from the Department of Homeland Security to purchase a Lenco Ballistic Engineered Armoured Response Counter Attack Truck, better known as BearCat. The university will share the BearCat with police from Berkeley and the neighbouring city of Albany, where it will house the vehicle. Purchasing the vehicle was raised at a Berkeley City Council meeting as part of a larger discussion on the citys relationship to Homeland Security agencies that award grants and collect information on citizens.
Police Chief Michael Meehan defended the BearCat, telling the council he would have used it last year in a situation where a mentally ill man held off police officers with a gun for several hours. An armoured vehicle would have allowed negotiators to safely approach the suspect, Meehan said, although in this instance, police eventually took the man into custody without incident.
IPS – Liberal Berkeley Poised to Acquire Armoured Vehicle | Inter Press Service
I love the statist justification of an incident that ended with no one getting hurt justifies police getting a vehicle designed to carry soldiers into combat.