The line between law enforcement and the military is, sadly, blurring. Today’s cops are being equipped with combat weapons and gear, even armoured military vehicles. They’re being trained to operate in military formations – squads and platoons – and they’re skilled in some aspects of counter-insurgency. The bottom line is
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The Disaffected Lib: About that Urban Warfare Business
Can You Spot the Uniform? There’s been a lot of focus recently on militarized police and on the use of regular army forces to quell civilian unrest in the United States, the European Union and, potentially, even in Canada. Which leads to this video from our Department of National Defence.
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