Is the US Turning Into a Police State?

IS THE US TURNING INTO A POLICE STATE? Militarized police, sophisticated surveillance, and normal citizens with little say in what goes on. The US has all the trappings of an all-powerful police state. POLICE STATE (po-lice state] noun 1. A totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens' activities. SO IS THE U.S. A TOTALITARIAN STATE? No. It's an inverted totalitarian state. US vs. NAZI GERMANY O Corporations control the government through political contributions and lobbying. State dominated economic actors. Persistent political apathy (allows leaders to do what they want). Constant political mot (rallies support for leaders) with Nuremberg rallies, and Hitler Youth. vati Pretends to be the model of Mocked democracy. democracy for the whole world. THE US IS A 'MANAGED DEMOCRACY. MANAGED DEMOCRACY (man-aged de-moc-ra-cyl noun 1. A political form in which governments are legitimated by elections that they have learned to control... secretly. WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE POLICING POWER. Over the last 25 years, civilian law enforcement has been increasingly militarized in America. There has been a 4000% increase in "no knock," military-armed SWAT raids over the past 30 years. YEARLY SWAT DEPLOYMENTS 40.000 ...with the hotline for 30.000 erroneous no-knock raids receiving more than 100 calls in one week of operation. 3.000 1980's 1996 2001 Even responding disputes.Using military tactics and weaponry on US citizens. calls about angry dogs and domestic WHICH LOOKS LIKE COMMON SWAT ARMAMENT Vs. MOST COMMON WEAPONS OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS Submachine guns Knife 10.1% Automatic weapons Gun 12.7% Breaching shotguns Other 12.1% | Stun grenades Unknown, 7.6% Heavy body armor None Snipe rifles 55.8% Night vision Motion detectors Armored Personel Carriers THE US HAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRISON SYSTEM The US has 5% of the world's population, 5% and 25% of the world's prisoners. 25% 1/99 adults in the US are behind bars. 1/31 adults are under some form of correctional control. Including: Jail Parole Prison Probation IMPRISONMENT RATES (2012-2013) number imprisoned per 100,000 people U.S. 716 Rwanda 492 Russia 475 Brazil 274 Spain 147 Australia 130 China 121 Canada 118 Austria 98 France 98 Germany 79 Denmark 73 Sweden 67 India 30 Over the last 40 years the US prison population has risen 700%. Year incarceration rate per 100k 1974 total prisoners 218,466 240,593 262,833 285,456 294,396 301,470 315,974 353,673 | 395,516 419,346 | 443,398 480,568 522,084 560,812 603,732 680,907 739,980 739,980 846,277 | 932,074 % change 6.98% 10.13% 9.24% 8.61% 3.13% 2.40% 4.81% 11.93% 11.83% 6.03% 5.74% 8.38% 8.64% 7.42% 7.65% 12.78% 8.67% 0% 14.36% 10.14% 9.08% 6.75% 4.94% 4.96% 4.17% 4.71% 2.08% 1.05% 2.62% 2.08% 51.52% 2,197,063.5 2.89% 2,258,792 2.81% 2,283,148 1.08% 2,307,504 1.07% 2,288,823 -0.81% 2,270,142 -0.82% 102 1975 1976 111 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 | 120 129 | 132 133 139 154 171 179 188 202 1984 1985 1986 217 1987 1988 1989 231 | 247 276 297 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 313 332 359 389 411 427 1,016,691 445 461 476 470 470 476 482 1,085,363 | 1,138,984 1,195,498 1,245,402 1,304,074 1,331,278 1,345,217 | 1,380,516 1,409,280 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2,135,335 725 738.5 752 754 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 755 743 731 WITH THE NSA PROVIDING CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE BY WIRETAPPING... * ENTIRE OFFICES... * CELL TOWERS... With 9,000 "Tower dumps" in 2013 TOWER DUMP (tow-er dump] noun 1. A record of all calls bounced off of a cellphone tower within a certain period of time. The NSA gathers nearly 5 billion records a day on smartphone locations. Co-Traveler is one of the NSA's most powerful analytic tools. Tower E Tower B Tower C Tower A Tower D Cellphone tower coverage area By tracking cell locations Co-Traveler can discern who you're traveling with. TOwer Tower B Tower C Tower D Tower E Phones that have traveled through A, B, C, D and E could be traveling together. All phones in tower A Phones that have traveled Phones that have traveled Phones that have traveled through A and B through A, B, and C through A, B, C, and D * AND EVEN ENTIRE COUNTIES... By installing fiberoptic splitters in telecom facilities. Ex. San Francisco. YOUR ACCOUNTS ONLINE AREN'T SAFE.. Number of data requests from December 1, 2012-May 31, 2013 Apple HMicrosoft 4,000-5,000 YAHOO! Google facebook 12,000-13,000 6,000-7,000 0-999 9,000-10,000 Even unopened hardware is monitored... The NSA intercepts computer shipments to plant spyware on new systems. Much less powerful nations have been police, why couldn't the US be one? 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