"The police in the United States have been steadily militarized over the past decade to the point of absurdity, as recently exemplified by police rolling out an armored personnel carrier (APC) to the Occupy Tampa protests.
Benjamin Carlson covered one of the more unsettling recent developments in this militarization of police, the Department of Defense’s obscure “1033 program” which has given away almost $500 million in leftover military equipment to law enforcement in the fiscal year of 2011."
We call upon the Obama administration to cease and desist all such programs and endeavors. Such reckless, needless militarization is an affront to America and, frankly, any sense of humanity. We "...deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" -Benjamin Franklin