How is it that communities have the funds to arm their police with all the military grade toys they want (and most assuredly don't need) yet they can't fund music and art in their high schools? No doubt about it, this is what a security state looks like and what's most dangerous is that many of these police officers don't have the requisite decision making skills to properly handle this equipment.
Perhaps if we invested more in the education of our community and helped them to succeed more, we wouldn't need to have a tank battalion in every town. Just sayin...
