*How Endless War Contributes to Police Brutality.*

*[thugs] are explicitly trained to conceive of themselves as warriors in battle, always on high alert and prepared to kill.* And who is the enemy they are about to fight?

The federal government is directly involved in this; a change of one law could put a stop to it.

New York State's sales tax on stock transactions gets handed back to Wall Street every year. Ralph Nader suggests that the state keep it this year. to help pay the expenses of dealing with Covid-19.

(satire) *Republican leaders reportedly claimed Thursday that New Yorkers would greet the United States military as liberators.*

*"When They Say We Don't Have the Right to Protest," Says Naomi Klein, "That's the Moment to Flood the Streets".*

*A Short History of U.S. [thugs] Infiltrating Protests.*

Sometimes all they do is snoop. Sometimes their reports are lies. Often they encourage violence, or start the violence themselves.