This is what a police state looks like.
Oh, WAIT... they do that now and then in the US, but you have to be someone REALLY dangerous, like a pot dealer.
There are elements to it and one of those elements includes the arbitrary tracking of citizens without warrants.
No, it's not a police state, but yes, it's very bad to have things going in the direction they're going. We MUST stand up and STOP this kind of stuff. We must not let it keep getting worse.
EDIT: To quote Picard, "the line must be drawn HERE!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGF1NP-FrCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ZZyJCqkg4#t=3m43
But watch the entire clip for context.
Reality is, this country is a police state, it is the modern one, and it is pumped full of government propaganda about how it isn't a police state and how all these police state actions are justified so that people are able to continue to delude themselves.
Frankly most of the police abuses are simply never reported in mainstream media.
But the reality is, depending on where you draw the line, either this is already a police state or it is well on its way.
Secondly, while there are 'checkpoints' of sorts in NYC, I don't believe they're the variety staffed by heavily armed guards. I haven't been to NYC in around 5 years, but as I remember it interacting with police, heavily armed or otherwise, would be an extraordinary event on a daily commute.
Of course my definition is arbitrary, but I stand by it.
You are a good german. A useful idiot. The kind that enthusiastically joined the nazi party and made snotty arguments to anyone how expressed concern.
It is you, and the millions of unthinking bovine people like you in this country that are enabling the destruction of capitalism and the massive loss of life that it will entail.
You do not belong on this site, since you are obviously a socialist troll.