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1. Confused after throwing a deafening and blinding “flashbang” into a home, police mistakenly shot and killed a sleeping nine-year-old.
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2. A county sheriff’s department in South Carolina has an armored personnel carrier dubbed "The Peacemaker," which can shoot weapons that the U.S. military specifically refrains from using on people.
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3. New Hampshire police received federal funds for a counter-attack vehicle, asking “what red-blooded American cop isn’t going to be excited about getting a toy like this?”
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4. Two SWAT Teams shut down a neighborhood in Colorado for four hours to search for a man suspected of stealing a bicycle and merchandise from Wal-Mart.
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5. A company in Arizona submitted a patent for shock cuffs, which can be used by cops to remotely administer a Taser-like shock to detainees.
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6. Police in North Dakota borrowed a $154 million Predator drone from Homeland Security to arrest a family who refused to return six cows that wandered onto their farm.
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7. Police in Arkansas announced plans to patrol streets wearing full SWAT gear and carrying AR-15 assault rifles.
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8. Drone manufacturers may offer police remote controlled drones with weapons like rubber bullets, Tasers, and tear gas.
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9. An Arizona SWAT team defended shooting an Iraq War veteran 60 times during a drug raid, but had to retract its claim that the veteran shot first.
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10. The New York City Police Department disclosed that it deployed “counter-terror” measures against Occupy Movement protesters.
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SHIT IS GETTING REAL IN THIS COUNTRY.
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