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DJ13

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5. The police in many areas have assault vehicles, small armored tanks
Sat May 16, 2015, 10:58 PM
May 2015

and even sonic cannons (which I'm not sure are even allowed by the Geneva Conventions).

You have to figure the feds didnt give those weapons to towns of 10,000 people just to go after drunk drivers.

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I don't know what the spark will be... TDale313 May 2015 #1
The police in many areas have assault vehicles, small armored tanks DJ13 May 2015 #5
Correct dreamnightwind May 2015 #6
Agreed DJ13 May 2015 #8
Absolutely. The only way to go is nonviolence. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #14
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See what moving left gets you? Jackpine Radical May 2015 #15
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kick merrily Jul 2015 #19
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