With respect to the militarization of the police, I want to make just a couple points. As far as the police wearing Army camouflage uniforms on occasion, I think this is going overboard, even for SWAT teams. I saw a video of an officer at Ferguson with an M-4 combat rifle which was painted digital camouflage pattern- Why?? Now in the Ferguson situation, the officers do need the Kevlar helmets and body armor as they are getting hit with bottles and rocks by these outstanding citizens. I also see a need for police organizations to own armored vehicles for riot situations. As far as "Machine guns" there ought to be some retained in the police armory for situations such as that California bank robbery a few years ago the robbers had machine guns and were firing them indiscriminately. I know the libs and British want police to look like bus drivers and carry water balloons to protect themselves with.