Occupying forces, or: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter… (#8) (posted 7 May 2009)
This is a photo of a bumpersticker which an observant reader recently sent to Radley Balko.
Support Our
Troops, at home and abroad
So, there you have it. All according to the Patrolman’s Benevolent [sic] Association of the City of New York, Patrick J. Lynch, President, government cops are soldiers, law enforcement is occupation, and your hometown is a battlefield. Care to guess who’ll get treated as the enemy?
Do you feel safer now?
See also:
- GT 2008-05-06: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter…
- GT 2008-05-12: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter… (#2)
- GT 2008-05-15: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter… (#3)
- GT 2008-07-12: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter… (#4)
- GT 2008-08-22: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter… (#5)
- GT 2008-09-19: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter… (#6)
- GT 2008-10-06: No, seriously, I could swear the water in this pot is getting a little hotter… (#7)
- GT 2008-04-28: Is it just me or is the water in this pot getting a little hotter?
- GT 2008-05-03: Truth in advertising
- GT 2008-06-05: Neighborhood Safety Ghettoes in D.C.
- GT 2008-09-25: How cops see themselves
- GT 2008-12-05: Don’t turn your back on the Wolfpack
- GT 2009-03-28: It doesn’t take much imagination.
Brainpolice replied:
But the robots will take our jebbbbzzz!
John Markley replied:
I’m starting to feel like all the police in the country got together to watch “The Chase” with Charlie Sheen, and didn’t realize that the cop played by Henry Rollins was being portrayed as a lunatic and not a role-model.
Darian replied:
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that on a poster in Manhattan. I’ve definitely seen handgun-toting troops in military uniforms in the train stations there. Combine that with the “ring of steel” and subway bag searches, and I’d say that NYC is on the cutting edge of the US police state.
bile replied:
Things are pretty bad in Manhattan. There are mass presentations downtown fairly regularly. They search people getting onto buses. They are expanding the usage of license plate, biochemical, and radiation scanners to midtown.
I have not run across the bumper sticker above but i’m in no way surprised.
Mike Gogulski replied:
There’s water in this post? Huh? :)
Mike Gogulski replied:
Circling back yet again….
“Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?”
Roderick T. Long replied:
Which in turn reminds me of this cartoon.
Mike Gogulski replied:
Nice one, Roderick :)
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