The police proudly bragged about the event on their Facebook page, posting a number of pictures with fully-clad SWAT members standing on a stage in front of small children.
The police say that they were there to “educate” the children, but were these theatrics truly necessary for a career day at an elementary school?
One of the comments on the facebook post by Arlington police summed up the entire premise of such a display:
“Showing up to schools with assault rifles and riot gear. This is very telling of what a police state looks like. Indoctrinating kids and normalizing them to this police state garbage. Good job, Arlington PD.” says Chris Voluntaryist .... http://thefreethoughtproject.com
