Comments on: March 28 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-28-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: gitarcarver https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-28-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-117821 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:41:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22255#comment-117821 Bill,

Most people will call anything that looks military a “tank” if they don’t know anything about it.

I believe that is the case here. Q and O has a picture of the vehicle in question: http://www.qando.net/?p=10581

It is not a tank as we like to think of tanks in that it doesn’t have a barreled weapon or anything. It appears to be a armored personnel carrier of some sort.

Personally, I think the media wants to attack Arpaio and is happy to use the term “tank” when it is inaccurate.

That being said, I agree with your overall point. The militarization of the police is a scary thing.

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-28-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-117818 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:43:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22255#comment-117818 Don’t you need a license or something for a tank? Where does Joe Arpaio even get the authority to obtain and use military weapons?

]]> By: VMS https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-28-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-117813 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:09:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22255#comment-117813 “Malpractice reform” in NY is dead (at least on this go-around). But there is a State fund to compensate brain damaged babies.

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