“The United States cannot live like other wealthy nations while dumping $1 trillion a year into a killing machine. There is a no-fly-zone over Ferguson, Mo., because people in the U.S. government, from which local police forces take their cues, view the people of the United States increasingly as they view the people of other countries: as best controlled from the air. The War Resisters League noted this view is perpetuated by police militarization programs, such as DoD 1033 and 1122 and the Urban Areas Security Initiative, in which the St. Louis Police participate, that train, equip and arm police departments from Pentagon supplies and directives.”
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/19/militarism-is-a-public-safety-crisis/
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