Urban Shield 2009 Terrorizing Oakland And Bay Area This Weekend At Invite Of Alameda Sheriff

[Bobbieo]

On October 24th and 25th, 2009, the Alameda County Sheriff is again spearheading their so-called Urban Shield by inviting SWAT teams from across the country and world to come and terrorize Oakland and surrounding cities.

The cops look at it as this big, fun event where they get to bust out all of their latest militarized policing hardware, realistically most of which is used to keep lower income people in their place.

The exercises include "competitions" between various departments and is funded in large part by ever-flowing Department of Homeland Security dollars that blur whatever lines might have existed between domestic police and national armies.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/24/18626594.php

[Kievan Rus]

1. They already got to use it in Pittsburgh

[maglatinavi]

3. Police terrorism

What are the County and City government's administrators doing about this??? Are you sure that you are talking about the US ... not a backward obscure country??? :scared: :thumbsdown: :kick: :scared: :thumbsdown: :kick:

[Arctic Dave]

2. Video tape everything. It's best to know what you are up against.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Chilling....from the article:

"It is interesting to note how terrorism is conflated with bank robbery.... It’s part of a federal effort to characterize all crime — from marijuana possession to bank robbery — as terrorism...

"Urban Shield is funded by the Department of Homeland Security and at least one large corporation — BAE, a death merchant based in Britain. BAE stands accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure contracts in Africa and Eastern Europe.

"BAE’s 'generous contributions' to Urban Shield will get the residents of Alameda County acclimated to the “sound of gunfire and blasts” and the presence of militarized cops “in full battle gear ” roaming the streets of the Bay Area this weekend."

[Bobbieo]

5. Are these 'dress rehearsals' for a major production for America?

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Given the economy, it would make sense.

And the damn RW is being used to make threatening noises, which of course "justifies" all sorts of
police training.

[PavePusher]

7. And yet so many Progs...

want the police and government to be the only ones with firearms... Sigh.