Ted Rall for October 13, 2014
Transcript:
The pentagon is giving high-powered weapons to officials with no law enforcement functions- including a coroner. (Police Officer 1: Some might say we're creating a police state.) (Police Officer 2: Some people need to shut up.) Doug Wortham, coroner in sharp country, Arkansas, got an assault rifle, a handgun and a humvee. (Man: I just wanted to protect myself.) What does a coroner need "protect" himself from? (Man: Don't make me say it. You know.) The pentagon also gave him a kayak. (Man: You can't escape zombies in a canoe!)