{"id":42059,"date":"2014-05-19T07:52:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/19\/i-hate-to-wave-around-terms-like-police-state.html"},"modified":"2014-05-19T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T19:47:41","slug":"i-hate-to-wave-around-terms-like-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/19\/i-hate-to-wave-around-terms-like-police-state.html","title":{"rendered":"I hate to wave around terms like "police state""},"content":{"rendered":"
But sometimes the shoe \u00a0really starts looking like it fits.<\/p>\n

Or, put another way, I do not believe that there is any device or technology that a local, civil police force should be using that cannot or should not be publicly known and understood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Well this is disconcerting and right here in my home state. I grew up in Oakland County and while I now live in Washtenaw, I still visit Oakland County every so often to see family and friends. I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to this tech if I had a clue what it does and what they're using it for, but the secrecy surrounding it raises a lot of red flags.\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Secret Military Device \u2018Hailstorm\u2019 Used By Michigan Police, FOIA Request By Detroit News Denied | The Pontiac Tribune<\/a>
\n Imagine\u00a0if you will, cruising\u00a0down Woodward Avenue all smiles and sunshine until you see it; that red, white and blue flicker in your rear-view mir\n <\/p>\n

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But sometimes the shoe \u00a0really starts looking like it fits. Or, put another way, I do not believe that there is any device or technology that a local, civil police force should be using that cannot or should not be publicly known and understood.\u00a0 Reshared post from +Les Jenkins Well this is disconcerting and right … Continue reading “I hate to wave around terms like "police state"”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,17,132],"tags":[586],"class_list":["post-42059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","category-privacy","tag-pluspost"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25380,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/13\/a-refreshingly-positive-story-about-police-accountability.html","url_meta":{"origin":42059,"position":0},"title":"A refreshingly positive story about police accountability","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 13-Jan-12 1:41pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's illegal (in California, at least) for a police officer to cover their badge or otherwise hide their identity, for obvious reasons. 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