IN PICTURES: Ferguson vs Iraq

[Mani]

What's the big deal? Shouldn't our heroes in uniform have the best equipment money can buy???

It's not like they're going to use all that military equipment to just one day start taking your guns, and throw you into FEMA camps. Considering that such a thing has never, ever happened before it just sounds like some absurd conspiracy theory with no basis in reality.

EXACTLY! That whole Japanese American camps during WWII, I have a feeling was completely made up anyway. Our Gov't doesn't do stuff like that, it was completely over-exaggerated. My guess is IF the gov't really did round up Japanese Americans, they probably moved them into cute little BnB's and had a nice view and stuff.

 

[Uriel999]

Are those Helmet cams??


So the military in a warzone need to wear helmet cams? Is that for accountability purposes?

And yet cops protecting and serving DON'T!?

No, those are Norotos rhino mounts for using PVS-14 NVG's. Now company's have made adapters for Go-Pros to fit to them so we can make motarded videos but it isn't for accountability.

 

[Mani]

No, those are Norotos rhino mounts for using PVS-14 NVG's. Now company's have made adapters for Go-Pros to fit to them so we can make motarded videos but it isn't for accountability.

So it's mainly for night vision?

 

[Demigod]

Is there a difference in mentality between the two groups? The Police vs the Military?

When the police becomes like the military then the state is at war with its people.

 

[Mani]

Al Jazeera journalists teargassed by security forces — in Ferguson, Missouri, USA

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/13/600119...sed-by-security-forces-in-ferguson/in/5757650

Here is a sentence that will be immediately familiar to anyone who has ever followed even a little news out of the Middle East:

Journalists from the Qatari news outlet Al Jazeera were attacked by state security forces today and blanketed in tear gas, as they attempted to film an ongoing protest; this is the latest in a string of attacks on journalists by security forces.

Now see if you can guess the country. It's not Egypt. Not Tunisia.

Nope: this happened, exactly as described, in the United States of America on Wednesday night, in the Missouri town of Ferguson. Here is the video of Al Jazeera America journalists in Ferguson being clearly targeted with tear gas by Ferguson police (apologies for the poor quality):

(video at link)

It began as a joke to compare what's happening in Ferguson with the authoritarian crackdowns in Middle East dictatorships, but the parallels have ceased to become a joke. Also on Wednesday night, police arrested a Washington Post reporter named Wesley Lowery — he was the second Post reporter this year to be arrested for reporting; the first was Tehran Bureau Chief Jason Rezaian. The situation in Ferguson is simply out of control.

 

[Demigod]

What's the big deal? Shouldn't our heroes in uniform have the best equipment money can buy???

It's not like they're going to use all that military equipment to just one day start taking your guns, and throw you into FEMA camps. Considering that such a thing has never, ever happened before it just sounds like some absurd conspiracy theory with no basis in reality.

This is in no way the best equipment money can buy.They have no need for snipers and guns,any commander who would give his police officers automatic weapons so they can confront a riot should be fired immediately.All it would take is one under trained scared cop to shot one man in the crowd and from riots you go into an armed insurgency.They should have riot gear and water cannons.And just look at their riot gear it looks like it came from the mall's sporting department.

Why are they even so armed,do they plan to open fire if they are confronted ? if so they are lunatics.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

 

[JK/SEA]

No, actually you were not allowed to discharge your weapon in Iraq until fired upon. My marine buddy was in Fallujah and told me about the nonsense. The military is degrees higher than cops in terms of fire discipline and general battlefield awareness.

uh...Most Police Depts. HIRE ex-Vets...

 

[Uriel999]

So it's mainly for night vision?

correct. As far as accountability we have plenty of that though. We have lifers so worried about following the rules set by the very politicians that sent us out here that it can cost lives. We were all more afraid of the consequences of firing our weapons by our command than fighting a war. Hell, there was an investigation on a guy that saved the lives of Marines in two vehicles because he shot a motorcycle just in time that had a 300 or 400 pound explosive in it. Seriously, it's retarded.

 

[ZENemy]

 

[Philhelm]

Is there a difference in mentality between the two groups? The Police vs the Military?

There isn't an IQ maximum that would prevent someone from joining the military. Also, the police point their guns inward while the military points their guns outward.

 

[69360]

Is there a difference in mentality between the two groups? The Police vs the Military?

No, they are the same people. A large percentage of police are ex-military.

 

[Natural Citizen]

presence is the only one a few that I've seen start a thread on what is happening there in Ferguson without using only the newly created tag "ferguson". So...+ rep to presence for adding outlying relevance while stimulating discussion on the issue. It's kind of funny, really. For a group who prides themselves on organization we sure aren't very organized.