Comment by sgnelson

Sure, it started (slowly I would add) with the War on Drugs, but I do very much believe it escalated with 9/11, GWoT.

If nothing else, look at where all the gear that the police use is coming from? It's surplus from the wars [0].

[0]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/us/war-gear-flows-to-polic...