On The Bouffant Bandwagon

Some guy who just got a new gig at an old rag would like to get some of our glory.

We'll merely note that our first use of "The Militarized Society" & "Police Terror" as labels was 3 May 2007 (an Internet eternity).

It even predates the "war on terror," although that has acted as what the arson squad would call an "accelerant" to the essential dynamic.

Indeed, it goes back to the '70s, when some law or another was passed allowing/forcing the Department of WarDefense to hand over surplus military equipment to local police forces, to fight the "war" on Negroes & Mexicans"drugs."

You put enough war propaganda into the heads of young men, hand them weapons, and give them a license to use them, and they are not going to see fellow citizens through the visors on their helmets. They are going to see enemies. Wars have enemies.

Additionally, many American police forces actively recruit former military personnel. And now we have a new load of nervous-as-hell killers straight outta the urban environments of Iraq & Afghanistan, where anybody & everybody were their enemies. Our very own Los Angeles Police Dep't. prefers to hire veterans. Shoot to kill & let gawd sort 'em out.