YES! We now know how out of control our police forces are.
15%
NO! The police will never give up their war toys.
85%
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Under the cause of the drug war and being prepared for that terrorist attack looming just around the corner they garner too much of the peoples wealth, wealth and power that they won't easily relinquish.
My short answer is "no". While this insident may show the militarized police in a bad light, I half expect another event or two to happen showing why the police need to be even more militarized. There will also be the talking heads explaining that if it wasn't for the "Rambo Wannabes in Blue" and their armored personnel carriers, things in Ferguson could have been much worse.
The fact is that the US is quickly morphing into a fascist nation. We already have the Oligrachy. We've already lost our most of our middle class. We've already lost the power of activist unions. We already have the huge divide between the rich and everyone else. We already the corporate media. And we already have the tools and technology for a police state that would have made Himmler giddy with excitment.
Will the armed men join forces or make war on each other? Do men ever give up their arms when they make them feel powerful? It isn't the cause it's the fear.