“Today the nation’s various police departments have taken on the role of standing armies. The police don’t simply hold people ‘at the mercy of their governors,’ as Jefferson warned standing armies do. They hold Americans at mercy at every traffic stop, and the fear of a tazing or a misunderstanding leading to a brutal confrontation has become palpable for everyday folks. The police carry out national, state, and city government priorities. In terms of their materiel, today’s police not only dramatically out-gun anything the 18th century redcoats could have dreamt of; the disparity between police and public far outstrips the disparity between redcoats and colonists.”

http://blog.independent.org/2013/09/30/the-standing-army-marches-on/

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