I remember when we were following the OWS protests all over the world and I was struck by the fact that the robo cops in France, Germany and here and elsewhere were all wearing the same Orwellian gear.
I used to be able to identify the French, Irish, British cops, and ours of course, by their uniforms. But when they were all beating up OWS protesters, I couldn't tell from just looking at the photos, which country I was reading about.
And then I had a really radical, and probably DANGEROUS thought (lol). I wondered who got the contract for all that 'riot gear'? There is money in suppressing the people exercising their right to free speech. And why not? It's a dirty job to outfit the world's police, but someone has to do it.
I never did find out who supplies all that gear. 
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