1.) Local police, sheriffs, and state troopers are few in number compared to the entire population of any area, whether rural or urban.

2.) Regardless of how well they are equipped, they can control only small areas and a few people at any given time.

3.) They are regular people just like the rest of the population, and they are not interested in whacking on anyone except violent people and criminals.

Wow. You're a piece of work.

First off, I don't know where you live, nor do I care. However, being a resident of Hillsborough county, I can tell you that rolling out an armored personnel carrier onto the streets of Tampa is absurd. At Occupy Tampa's very peak the amount of protesters present was laughable at best.

This isn't OaklandThis isn't New YorkThis isn't even Atlanta. It's Tampa, Florida. TAMPA. FLORIDA.

They don't even use this type of equipment Gasparilla, guavaween, or even a wild night at Ybor- which BTW MANY, MANY more people attend. They're trying to send a message to people to STFU and go home. After all, intimidation is what the corrupt Tampa Police Department is best at. That and overlooking real crime, of course.