This is a very scary trend and I saw it first hand during the Occupy protests back in 2011, where heavily militarized NYPD units moved on peaceful protesters.
There is no "un-doing" this at this point and since the "owners" of our country (i.e. the 1-percent, corporations, billionaires, etc) control law enforcement and the justice system, they can pretty much get away with anything. The rest of us are slaves.
Part of what's known as the "1033 Program" passed by Congress in 1997 and meant to augment police departments fighting the drug war, military gear is showing up in large numbers, and in some unlikely places...
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