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The children here on the border with Mexico must be really evil if this sort of militaristic approach is necessary. I wonder if they have their own SWAT team? I'll bet they have at least received training in how to deal with an armed student whose goal in life is to become famous by being a mass murderer.
Here in El Paso, Texas anytime you drive on the freeway you see the Sheriff's Department, the El Paso Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the massive and ever present Department of Homeland Security's Border Patrol, Constables, Game Wardens, the Police Departments of the various school districts, and various other fully equipped and armed law enforcement agencies. And we aren't even discussing the military. Mostly they are cruising around in full size, horrible fuel economy vehicles. And they all operate largely within the same territory.
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This almost feels like Afghanistan or Iraq. Each little power hungry warlord (read politician) wants to have his own group of armed men. At least in Afghanistan the enforcers drive little small Toyota pickup trucks. Here they run around in SUVs, full size pickup trucks, and V8 Ford Mustangs.
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With civilians supporting so many of these overlapping multiple law enforcement agencies, no wonder the property taxes are so high in El Paso.
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