Another Day, Another Military Purchase By Local Police. What Does Local Government Need With A Helicopter With Such Lethal Capabilities?

See What this State Just Bought to “Police” Its Citizens

Residents in Indiana can expect to see military grade helicopters keeping tabs on them from up high in the sky.

That’s because Indiana has just purchased two UH-72 Lakota helicopters, which will be used for domestic police use, search and rescue, as well as for “homeland security.”

The Lakota is one of the world’s most sophisticated helicopters, so it’s not entirely clear why the police in Indiana would need a military grade helicopter.

The Lakota is well-known for its maneuverability, its power, and its ability to detect small weapons and objects (such as license plates) from a significant distance… all while avoiding detection. Here’s a video that advertises its capabilities…

Right now the Lakota is being used by Homeland Security at the Mexican border in an attempt to track and curb rampant drug trafficking and to secure the nation’s border.

But the narrative for why the Lakota is being used in middle America doesn’t quite fit.

As many pro-freedom and pro-liberty groups have noted, the government seems to be gearing up to eliminate any form of resistance, even if it’s just online banter.

The sweeping data-collection, the massive collection of armored vehicles, ammunition buy-ups, along with the use of more force by federal authorities shows the government isn’t about to let power slip away anytime soon.

And all of this is happening in plain sight.

Now it looks like the purchase of these helicopters might just be another means for the state to bolster its armaments so they’ll be ready when the time comes to use them.

As Infowars relayed:

“Former Marine Corps Colonel Peter Martino, who was stationed in Fallujah and trained Iraqi soldiers, warned last year that the Department of Homeland Security is working with law enforcement to build a ‘domestic army,’ because the federal government is afraid of its own citizens.

Martino was speaking at a council meeting concerning a decision to purchase a BearCat armored vehicle. The purchase of the vehicle was surrounded by controversy after the city’s Police Chief wrote in an application filing to the DHS that the vehicle was needed to deal with the ‘threat’ posed by libertarians, sovereign citizen adherents, and Occupy activists in the region.”

Police are supposed to “serve and protect” the people living in their jurisdictions, but it seems this is no longer the true purpose of many police.

Rather, their purpose seems to have evolved to oppress citizens and “keep people in line.” Seen in this light, the purchase of the Lakota choppers makes perfect sense.