This is what a Police State Looks Like

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Under the auspices of protecting the nation's capital from a terrorist attack in the first presidental inauguration since September 11 an immense police presence was assembled on the streets of DC. According to the Washington Post the cost of this expirament in martial law cost the city of Washington DC 11.6 million dollars. The majority of these police officers were not stationed at centers of public transit and other potential terrorist targets - I saw no security whatsoever throughout the day in the Washington DC Metro. They were, however, doing an excellent job of securing the corner of Fourth and Pennsylvania - where the anti-war group, International Answer, had secured a permit to hold a peaceful rally.