Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear. Fargo police Capt.
Patrick Claus logs in to a patrol car’s computer. The military-style assault rifle in the car is now standard issue for many police department. Credit: Andrew Becker/Center for Investigative Reporting If terrorists ever target Fargo, N.D., the local police will be ready. In recent years, they have bought bomb-detection robots, digital communications equipment and Kevlar helmets, like those used by soldiers in foreign wars. “Most people are so fascinated by it, because nothing happens here,” said Carol Archbold, a Fargo resident and criminal justice professor at North Dakota State University. Fargo, like thousands of other communities in every state, has been on a gear-buying spree with the aid of more than $34 billion in federal government grants since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
Many police, including beat cops, now routinely carry assault rifles. Fargo police Lt. Other communities also have ramped up as well. Occupy Oakland Live, Ustream.TV. Ustream © Search Log in / Sign up With Facebook (faster) Log in or sign up with Facebook See what your friends like and watch, get awesome recommendations Instant login, no passwords or With email or username Forgot your password?
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Those methods used by the police against us are not so much weapons of pain, as they are tools of distraction. Fear thrives on uncertainty and lack of knowledge. Remember, they're more scared of us than we are of them. Google spent $1.2M in 3Q lobbying. Google Inc. spent $1.2 million during the third quarter trying to make its points with federal lawmakers and regulators on a wide range of issues that included Internet privacy, copyrights and its proposed acquisition of an online travel technology service.
The lobbying spending in July through September that is detailed in a filing late Wednesday represented an 11 percent increase from the same period last year. It was the fifth consecutive quarter Google spent more than $1 million on political persuasion. Google has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget in recent years as its ambitions have expanded beyond dominating Internet search. The company has made various investments in alternative energy, for example, and that's one of the topics its lobbyists discussed with members of House of Representatives in the third quarter. Most of Google's lobbying remains focused on issues that come up in its main business of processing search results and selling online ads.
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