I’m still wondering why my little city’s police department needs a $240,000 armored truck.
Is it to defend the gundalow that will be docked along the river?
Protect the historic boat from pirates?
And then, what about a getaway on the water – with a heavy truck in hot pursuit? Stuck in the mud or sinking.
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I simply love disproportionate and senseless displays of power. Little else can so quickly fill one with unease or so quickly provoke. Ferguson, Missouri is a case study in what happens when the police drag out the artillery.
240,000 dollars huh?
Meanwhile school lack resources… but they needed that truck for sure!