Conservatives Reaction to Ferguson
Many conservatives were unsettled by the militaristic response from law enforcement officials in Ferguson — a show of force that they said dangerously resembled the actions a police state would take.
.. “When you couple this militarization of law enforcement,” he added, “with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury — national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, preconviction forfeiture — we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands.”