Tag Archive 'Militarization'

Military Pull Activist Into Unmarked Car at G20 Protests

Posted in Activists Arrested, Legal Issues on Sep 25th, 2009

Police in Pittsburgh have been rolling out their new toys and dressing up like stormtroopers at the G20 protests. (Much more at Pittsburgh Indymedia).There have been reports of direct action in the streets, with activists rolling dumpsters into the paths of oncoming riot police and police pepper-spraying, beating, arresting, and surveilling activists. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [...]

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Local Sheriff Buys a Tank, Others Clamor to Fight “Domestic Terrorists”

Posted in Terrorism Definitions, Terrorism Rhetoric on Oct 10th, 2008

In what I can only attribute to one-too-many viewings of Red Dawn, the Sheriff Leon Lott of Richland County, South Carolina bought his department a tank. Oh, excuse me, an “armored personnel carrier”… with a .50-cal turreted machine gun. For all you city slickers, .50-cal means f’n HUGE.
From Reason:
Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly [...]

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