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A) itsgonna be called "temporary".( playing on the doubt of the cattle)
Originally posted by harrytuttle
reply to post by wcitizen
The part that is disturbing, is that we are talking about local law enforcement.
If some town did actually suffer an outbreak of some deadly virus, or dirty bomb attack, I can see how having the Federal Government come in to rescue people & decontaminate them is necessary. But that's a very specialized, highly unusual, technical situation. It's a special job that requires special training for special (isolated) circumstances.
But having local cops trained to do this seems suspicious. If a situation requires authorities to break into homes, quarantine you & your family, strip you of your clothes, wash you, put you in a hospital bed......if it's that serious then the local cops have no business performing those actions. They will screw it up.
To me it seems like the Feds aren't really training the cops to "save" or "help" us. It seems to me that the Feds are training the cops to act like they are saving/helping, when really they are just rounding up people for whatever nefarious reason the Feds have, all under the guise of fighting disease or terrorism.
Train the local cops, then when the Feds push the button, they can order the cops to do their dirty work for them. If people outside the zone protest, the Feds can protect themselves by blaming the "bad apples" in the local law enforcement.
Originally posted by harrytuttle
reply to post by wcitizen
The part that is disturbing, is that we are talking about local law enforcement.
If some town did actually suffer an outbreak of some deadly virus, or dirty bomb attack, I can see how having the Federal Government come in to rescue people & decontaminate them is necessary. But that's a very specialized, highly unusual, technical situation. It's a special job that requires special training for special (isolated) circumstances.
But having local cops trained to do this seems suspicious. If a situation requires authorities to break into homes, quarantine you & your family, strip you of your clothes, wash you, put you in a hospital bed......if it's that serious then the local cops have no business performing those actions. They will screw it up.
To me it seems like the Feds aren't really training the cops to "save" or "help" us. It seems to me that the Feds are training the cops to act like they are saving/helping, when really they are just rounding up people for whatever nefarious reason the Feds have, all under the guise of fighting disease or terrorism.
Train the local cops, then when the Feds push the button, they can order the cops to do their dirty work for them. If people outside the zone protest, the Feds can protect themselves by blaming the "bad apples" in the local law enforcement.
Originally posted by kalisdad
reply to post by wcitizen
Its funny that you mention this...
today I was on the way to pick the wife up from work when I noticed a police truck next to me at a red light
right on the front drivers side fender was a decal "Homeland Security"
to me its just one more way they can circumvent laws, allowing them to do whatever they want to us, all in the name of 'keeping the country safe'
Originally posted by acrux
reply to post by wcitizen
If in the event of some distaster the local cops come to round you up from your home to decontaminate you. I would like to raise wouldn't the cops have to have the same decontamination. They would have been at home (off duty cops) as well when disaster happens. Are those ones going to accept their rights being stripped.
edit on 2-12-2010 by acrux because: (no reason given)