tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post6563299074257849399..comments2024-03-28T15:24:53.579-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Community Police Should Not Act Like a Military Unit...Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-39782091741401149052014-08-15T09:58:10.497-04:002014-08-15T09:58:10.497-04:00Some more information, related to this incident, w...Some more information, related to this incident, which makes Jersey's unsupported claim that the police state is a beast of the Right and NOT of the Left even more silly is found here:<br /><br /><b>"And the rise of what one critic calls “The Warrior Cop” hasn’t slackened since President Obama took office. The detainment of journalists, on Wednesday, by police in Ferguson may seem like just more bad optics in St. Louis County; but a 2013 report by the Committee to Protect Journalists claims <i>the current administration has been one of the most aggressive ever in limiting press access, guarding information, pursuing leaks and whistleblowers, and limiting transparency."</i></b><br /><br />The source is a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/images-coming-from-ferguson-mo-reveal-unfiltered-uncomfortable-truths/2014/08/14/5235f68e-23df-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html" rel="nofollow">left-wing newspaper</a>, something I point out because Ema always rises from the ooze and makes Murdoch claims about these stories.<br /><br />In light of the next election, which candidate on the horizon do you think is more likely to reduce the police state instead of accelerating its expansion even more? Any of them? And which is likely to make things worse?dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com