The liberals are suddenly coming to the party...

Big hyperventilating outcries over militarized police. The militarization of the police has long been a concern of libertarians and Tea Party Republicans. I wish I could say it was a concern of Republicans in general but I think that our butt-kissing big government GOP agrees with the liberals that a strong police force is required to maintain state control. Besides all that police equipment is "law-and-order" pork to claim credit for. Libertarians and Tea Part conservatives are afraid of big government and its instruments of power especially militarized police forces run by the stooges of big city thug politicians. We tend to think that an armed population with good self defense laws is the best antidote to criminal insurrection as well as an overly ambitious state. Here are some links to tea party and libertarian concerns about police militarization: hotair.com thetruthaboutguns.com pjmedia.com