{"id":14787,"date":"2014-06-06T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T20:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=14787"},"modified":"2015-02-10T13:19:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T20:19:20","slug":"mason-co-sheriffs-militarization-continues-unabated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/mason-co-sheriffs-militarization-continues-unabated\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Co. Sheriff’s Militarization Continues Unabated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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6-wheel drive @ 56,000 pounds<\/p><\/div>\n

Shelton, WA (6-6-14) —<\/strong>\u00a0One war toy (an incredibly heavy armored personnel carrier) wasn’t enough for Sheriff Casey of Mason County. When asked why the tank was needed during an interview a couple of years ago at the county fair where it was on display, one deputy opined it would be used to serve warrants…along with the black ninja-style uniforms, body armor, automatic weapons, tear gas, battering rams, flash grenades, attack dogs, tasers, combat gloves–you get the idea: overwhelming force, shock & awe to control an enemy all around the ‘thin blue line’. Nothing–no, really–NOTHING is too good for our boys in blue\/black. And that’s just for serving warrants, let alone actual desperadoes. If they’d had the bad sense to consider it, the Taliban is well advised not to mess with Mason County.<\/p>\n

The Sheriff has taken ownership of yet another imposing armored dinosaur through a U.S. Department of Defense program that transfers surplus vehicles and equipment to local law enforcement agencies. Or, for “FREE” according to a Sheriff’s spokesman. Not to put too fine a point on it, but “free” is killing us, not to mention the advisability of a virtual military garrison instead of a police agency that is bankrupting Mason County.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sheriff’s latest assault and combat vehicle acquisition?–Yeah–he got it for FREE! But, it only cost over $8,500 to transport it here. That may be for the reason it weighs over 56,000 pounds. We can only imagine whether it is even capable of getting from one gas station to the next. Each door on it weighs 600 pounds. Only a couple of deputies are qualified to drive the thing. But, they say it’ll be useful in a hostage situation and driving the back roads in the Olympics for rescue operations. <\/span><\/p>\n

Having seen some of the trails (Rose Mountain, Staircase, Mt. Ellinor, etc.) the claim is doubtful. Sheriff Casey already has an armored personnel carrier that should serve for any hostage crisis. Ummm…just how many have we had in Mason County? <\/span><\/p>\n

Yep, it was ‘free’ too, and equally fuel thrifty. Not to worry about repair expenses, though–they’re gonna do that over at the Ft. Lewis army base near Tacoma, according to a sheriff’s staffer. No doubt, that’s going to be ‘free’ too! (Yeah, right–the army is just dying to blow money on Sheriff Casey’s ego.) And then there’s that little detail of it costing over $8,500 to transport this war toy each time…what, $17,000 round trip? Still, money should be no object when it comes to treating Americans like the enemy.<\/span><\/p>\n

No wonder the Sheriff is always grousing about his budget and neighborhoods now have to sign contracts for police services. Having bankrupted most area taxpayers, the Sheriff now is working on the gated communities.<\/span>

One can imagine what this behemoth would do to the collapsing bridge in the Skokomish Valley. It’s sitting there rotting into oblivion until some hapless motorist\/truck driver falls through it, but we have the money for another of Sheriff Casey’s Armory war museum boondoggles! <\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t blow your dough.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“When the people are afraid of the government, that’s tyranny. When the government is afraid of the people, that’s liberty!”<\/em> -B. Franklin-<\/p>\n

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Collapsing Bridge Sole Ingress\/Egress for Skokomish Valley residents<\/p><\/div>\n

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Though Collapsing, Logging Trucks Continue to Pound This Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n

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Over 3-years on, nothing but barriers for this collapsing county bridge in the Skokomish Valley<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skokomish Valley Roulette<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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