Well put. She is referring to all the police state measures that have been implemented since 9/11 up until and including the draconian preparations to deal with protestors at the NATO summit meeting in Chicago on Sunday and Monday.
Here is the "Police Forces" section of Wikipedia she referred to in the article.
The summit has been designated a National Special Security Event (NSSE) by the Department of Homeland Security. Final authority over law enforcement thus belongs to the Secret Service. The NSSE steering committee, which also includes representatives from the Chicago Police Department and has 24 subcommittees, began meeting in October 2011.
Local security forces are being trained by an Illinois company, Controlled F.O.R.C.E., which specializes in subduing crowds. Police are being trained in "Mechanical Advantage Control Holds," as well as the use of tasers.
The city has signed a $193,461 contract with Super Seer for the procurement of new face shields that fit over gas masks; the shields are intended to protect police officers from liquids. The Chicago Police Department will also prepare its mounted unit with riot gear: armor for horses along with "crowd control training."If what we now have in the US is freedom and democracy, I wonder what fascism looks like.