Imagine what cops would look like if the US were an authoritarian dystopia...

[DetlefK]

http://gizmodo.com/what-would-the-cops-look-like-if-you-lived-in-a-futuris-1794166838

You know what?

Don't bother with imagining that.

The Community Outreach Unit of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has helpfully provided a visual aide. You are welcome.

If you are not a criminal, you have nothing to worry about.

The "I'll wreck your shit up"-attitude they are so dramatically putting on display and the assurance that they can do so in anonymity, that will in no way lead to militarization, police-brutality and moral corruption as might becomes right.

Nooooooooooo way.

[dalton99a]

1. Is there a similarity to ISIS?

[EX500rider]

17. If they start cutting your head off for listening to music or dancing then yes..

[ck4829]

2. It almost seems like a parody

We're becoming cartoonish.

[procon]

3. What part of 'protect and serve" is this considered a normal response?

They look like extras from a low budget movie set, or Cosplay contestants, or weak men with low self esteem due to ED problems, or people who fear being identified for egregious acts of bad behavior and fear getting caught on camera doing illegal stuff.

Although, they are probably very effective in talking to little school kids about stranger danger.

[teezy]

4. Reminds me of those creepy ass murals at Denver International Airport.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=denver+airport+murals&prmd=ivmn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAm7-CkJrTAhXHxlQKHTg8DSkQ_AUIBygB&biw=640&bih=240&dpr=2#imgrc=RSCDm1RGcdPiLM:

[0rganism]

7. that's really creepy and weird

who the hell thinks a mural like that -- esp. in an airport -- is a Really Good Idea?

[teezy]

8. Check them all out. They have a One World Government theme to them.

It also looks like it has a bit of a population control theme... like the Georgia Guide Stones.

They've sparked conspiracies and contraversy. Truly odd murals for an airport. Very unsettling.

[csziggy]

9. Those are just part of the bizarre conspiracy theories for Denver International Airport!

Denver Airport conspiracy theories

Denver International Airport (DIA, also known by its IATA code "DEN&quot has accreted a collection of conspiracy theories. These theories most commonly claim that DIA is a new, secret (?) headquarters or compound used by the Illuminati, New World Order, Neo-Nazis, or Reptoids. These claims are usually based on an alleged swastika shape that the runways and taxiways make when seen from the air, as well as murals, sculptures, and other engravings claimed to be secret code or "alien" language.

Contents [hide]

1 Nazi runways
2 Why was Stapleton replaced?
3 Shattered windshields incident
4 "Underground facilities"
5 Really weird art

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Denver_Airport_conspiracy_theories

Or for a more picturesque version see:

8 Conspiracy Theories About The Denver Airport That'll Freak You Out
https://www.buzzfeed.com/rickysans/the-mysterious-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-the-denver-ai

[teezy]

10. That's right! I've read some of that. People are funny.

I just think the murals are fucking weird and inappropriate for an airport. What an odd choice.

[Binkie The Clown]

5. I would think that covering their faces like that would be very dangerous.

It makes it easier for the bad guys to depersonalize them. Some fool with a gun might think that he wouldn't be shooting a real person who had a face, they would be shooting some faceless Borg that was no longer a real person. Besides, everyone knows, instinctively, that someone deliberately hiding behind a mask is up to no good.

[L. Coyote]

6. Any word yet on who these Florida cops are planning to behead?

Stolen from dKos

[Solly Mack]

11. They don't even see themselves do they?

Fucktwits.

[Aristus]

12. Posted without comment:

[Calculating]

13. Stuff like this used to be funny

Until it left the realm of fantasy and our police started looking like faceless storm troopers. Why are men who are supposedly on the 'right side of the law' covering their faces and dressed up like military commandos?

[AntiFascist]

14. Not to mention the visuals from United Airlines n/t

[NutmegYankee]

15. Where's the ISIS flag?

I mean, the ISIS soldiers showed up, so shouldn't their flag be there too?

[BannonsLiver]

16. Another celebrity sheriff wannabe

[uponit7771]

18. lofl, "The Community Outreach Unit of the Lake County Sheriffs Office"

[Ilsa]

19. The best comment:

This would be really embarrassing for them if their raging erections were big enough to show through their pants.