NYPD to launch a beefed-up counterterrorism squad

[RamRoddoc]

http://nypost.com/2015/01/30/nypd-to-launch-a-beefed-up-counterterrorism-squad/

The NYPD will launch a unit of 350 cops to handle both counterterrorism and protests — riding vehicles equipped with machine guns and riot gear — under a re-engineering plan to be rolled out over the coming months.

 

[Revolver]

Gotta love how "protests" and "terrorism" are in the same category according to the NYPD. **** em.

 

[captdave77]

Gotta love how "protests" and "terrorism" are in the same category according to the NYPD. **** em.

There is some overlap there but preserving the right to free speech while protecting the private property rights of others is a different mission from combating militant Islam.

 

[RamRoddoc]

Gotta love how "protests" and "terrorism" are in the same category according to the NYPD. **** em.

It always is a matter of who is defining the two....