Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”
by akiselev on Sunday July 07, 2013 @06:01PM
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There have been incidents like the Oaksterdam raid where the DEA took up all SWAT resources for a raid of a civillian, unarmed (and legal state-wise) marijuana cooperative. Meanwhile, there was a school shooting minutes away. [1]
The reality is that crime is falling in the United States and has been for a while (Freakanomics has a decent piece about the relationship of crime and the availability of abortion, with a time lag in the former that showed a correlation with the latter) and I think this paramilitarization is an attempt to fill up budgets and give reasons so that they aren't reduced in the future.
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/oakland-sc...
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”
by jleader on Sunday July 07, 2013 @08:13PM
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There's debate about whether increased availability of abortion really accounts for the decline in crime; one alternative hypothesis is that reduced rates of childhood exposure to lead (mostly from leaded gasoline and the resultant exhaust) is at least as responsible.
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”
by sneak on Monday July 08, 2013 @01:12AM
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I remember reading a fantastic article on that topic, have you got a link?
Her in Norway its can sometime take 10-20 minutes just to get thru to the police if you have an emergency at night. I hope the local SWAT time at least is out chasing real cals and real criminals instead of shutting security guards and raiding the local veterans clubs for some $5 dollar poker fee.