Tanks whiz by Los Angeles Protests--mysterious situation

Submitted by HongPong on Wed, 2004-11-10 23:52

Mysterious stuff from San Andreas... I mean Los Angeles. Apparently some tanks showed up at an anti-war protest. We were sent an opinion piece with a link to some video of the tank hosted on LA IndyMedia, but it doesn't work. However, LA Indymedia still has something of the story, which is where I ripped off this strange picture from.

[UPDATE Nov. 12] The vehicles are marine Armored Personal Carriers (APCs), not tanks. I thought the barrel of the turret looked a little small. The video of what happened is now available.
Not sure what to think of this. The LA site has stuff rambling about the Posse Comitatus Act, as if that will protect us from the threat of domestic militarization. This policy paper about domestic militarization from the libertarian Cato Institute looks like it opposes such nastiness.

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