Funny how recently armored vehicles are rolling down America's streets, helicopters are flying about more than usual, and authorities are all saying how normal it is and to not be afraid. Anyone who is assured they are not preparing for martial law must have been asleep the past 3 years.
WHY MUST THEY LEARN HOW TO DRIVE TANKS DOWN STREETS? And why no pics? In my opinion, there is no doubt that the government has become afraid of us, folks.
Sightings of Tanks on U.S. Streets Provokes Fears of Martial Law
The Truth
2012/06/25 13:28:01
St Louis City residents have been warned to not be alarmed at the sight of U.S. Army tanks rolling down residential neighborhoods after sightings of the vehicles provoked fears of martial law.
The exercise is part of a U.S. Army program run by military police from Fort Meade, Maryland focused around training MPs from St. Louis how to drive heavily armored tanks "on highways and on city streets."
Sightings of the tanks prompted hundreds of residents to flood news channel KSDK's Facebook page, with some expressing fears that martial law had arrived with others promising to "stop and salute" the tanks as they rolled by.
Reporting that he was told by the Army not to disclose the location of where the exercise was operating out of for "security reasons," KSDK reporter Casey Nolan downplayed the exercise as "not such a big deal."
U.S. Army Sergeant Cornelius Ivory discouraged citizens from taking video and photographs of the tanks and urged them not to get too close.
"They need to know to stay away from it," Ivory told KSDK.
The exercise will run from June 21-28 in St. Louis, with the presence of the tanks being most noticeable in the area of the sixth district.
As we have exhaustively documented, the increasing shift towards domestic militarization of law enforcement is part of the acclimation process to get Americans comfortable with the idea of troops and tanks on the streets as a routine occurrence.
Earlier today we reported on how scores of paramilitary troops and soldiers appearing to be from the National Guard were deployed onto the streets of Hartford, Connecticut to break-up a recent annual Puerto Rican-American cultural event.
The exercise is part of a U.S. Army program run by military police from Fort Meade, Maryland focused around training MPs from St. Louis how to drive heavily armored tanks "on highways and on city streets."
Sightings of the tanks prompted hundreds of residents to flood news channel KSDK's Facebook page, with some expressing fears that martial law had arrived with others promising to "stop and salute" the tanks as they rolled by.
Reporting that he was told by the Army not to disclose the location of where the exercise was operating out of for "security reasons," KSDK reporter Casey Nolan downplayed the exercise as "not such a big deal."
U.S. Army Sergeant Cornelius Ivory discouraged citizens from taking video and photographs of the tanks and urged them not to get too close.
"They need to know to stay away from it," Ivory told KSDK.
The exercise will run from June 21-28 in St. Louis, with the presence of the tanks being most noticeable in the area of the sixth district.
As we have exhaustively documented, the increasing shift towards domestic militarization of law enforcement is part of the acclimation process to get Americans comfortable with the idea of troops and tanks on the streets as a routine occurrence.
Earlier today we reported on how scores of paramilitary troops and soldiers appearing to be from the National Guard were deployed onto the streets of Hartford, Connecticut to break-up a recent annual Puerto Rican-American cultural event.
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Tasine 2012/06/25 13:39:15
Something big is going on. You need to snap out of your denial and prepare.
BTW - I am both a patriot and a veteran.
"nothing to worry about folks, just a military exercise"
Yes, then we have a problem.
And just exactly what is it that they're training FOR?
I wonder if the military is paying anything for the wear and tear of the streets" Tanks and other military equipment are a bit heavy and will do a number on roads.
How about Washington DC?? That's where most of the crimes are being committed....
Only issue would be IF THESE were State Reserve or National Guard Units LOCATED near a LARGE CITY.
Too many instances of Training in Big Cities during the last two years to not BE PLANNED and approved at the HIGHEST LEVEL of the Government.
a cult of personality?
Merely a series of quotes.
Napolitano did order millions of meals for Fusion centers ( Fema camps ) ,450 million rounds of hollow point ammunition , contract for Fusion centers capable of holding millions of people to be up and running with in 72 hours of notification .
All these things took place after Bush left office. There have been a series of plans for mass arrests dating back for decades. Napolitano has contracted for the actual execution . ( in the event of emergency ) I am unaware of Bush actually built such camps . In the past few years there have been reports of unused military bases and other " fusion centers " being built.
I join you in hoping that the interpretation of those facts is merely alarmist.
Attack helicopters , tanks and Troops movements practicing drills in assorted American cities doesn't not put the mind to ease.
Trust is something to guard closely .