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Old 09-26-2019, 12:35 PM
 
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But we can get Federal Funding and only have to pay 10% of the purchase cost. And we can use the Asset forfeiture drug money to pay for that.

Oh we have to pay maintenance, operating costs and insurance on it... well how much could that be.
Not to mention, Atlanta has 500K people and Fulton County has over 1 million people.
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Old 09-26-2019, 03:30 PM
 
Location: East Side of ATL
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The Fulton County Police department is still around?
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Old 09-27-2019, 10:08 AM
 
Location: Searching n Atlanta
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The Fulton County Police department is still around?
I though they got transferred to South Fulton.
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Old 09-28-2019, 12:48 PM
 
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So basically the militarization of the police force won't be a major societal issue until it starts affecting middle class white people.
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Old 09-28-2019, 12:50 PM
 
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Military grade vehicles have no use in policing. All it does is serve to militarize the police & enforces a para-military idealism within the culture of the police forces. This idealism puts the police vs. the citizens they are sworn to protect & serve, the police begin to think they have special privileges & are above the law.

Exactly! Citizens of any country should be well concerned about the militarization of the police force. The police are suppose to be peace keepers and not see its their fellow citizen as the enemy.
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