Re. Police Militarization
This is just theory crafting as well, feel free to tell me I'm full of it haha
I think the War on Terror has a lot to do with it, along with "Domestic Terrorism" that seems to be a more and more common talking point of our politicians and media to label people of a differ opinion. Though I've yet to see any real acts of terrorism from either political side, claiming they are does have it's effects on the tactics and attitude deployed by the police and other security agencies... A little off topic but I believe EA new video game uses Gadsden flag to represent the terrorist political views... These tactics and attitudes are also pick up from the military. From the most likely sources: Veterans who learned lessons in Iraq and Afghanistan when acting as peace keepers and are unable unlearn those lessons for a new sit of rules on how to treat American civilians and are now employed as an police officer and is influencing the Police behavior. The other is military bases where they learn tactics and techniques to be fielded for crowd control. Of course neither of these are how you should treat American civilians. This isn't a war zone where you're acting as peace keepers and your only real option is to act aggressively and treat people with a unconstitutional level of caution. Which is what "Militarization" really means IMO.
To me.. The police having military like equipment is fine as well as the discipline that comes with military training. The issue is them adapting the aggressive social behavior and tactics of the military. My friend who is a sheriff has told me that an co worker of his who is ex military will completely break down your gun if you give it to him. Like the American civilian and his M&P9 is comparable to an possible terrorist with an Ak-47 in Afghanistan, and you're seeing more and more dog shootings, and searches with out warrants, Civilian shootings, and over all aggressive behavior from the police and I believe the cause is because of "Domestic terrorism" (Which I've yet to see) and lessons learn from the War on Terror.
Domestic terrorism is the fear tactic that promotes the cautions that in returns leads police departments to militarization, and the War on Terror is means to achieve the level of caution they believe they need to stay safe. Then you have situations like this where the Police act overly aggressive towards protesters and it turns into a riot, or ignores an Americans constitutional rights.
IMO, if we need a military for domestic reasons, we have the National Guard. Which I believe the Missionary Governor just called in.
This is just theory crafting as well, feel free to tell me I'm full of it haha
I think the War on Terror has a lot to do with it, along with "Domestic Terrorism" that seems to be a more and more common talking point of our politicians and media to label people of a differ opinion. Though I've yet to see any real acts of terrorism from either political side, claiming they are does have it's effects on the tactics and attitude deployed by the police and other security agencies... A little off topic but I believe EA new video game uses Gadsden flag to represent the terrorist political views... These tactics and attitudes are also pick up from the military. From the most likely sources: Veterans who learned lessons in Iraq and Afghanistan when acting as peace keepers and are unable unlearn those lessons for a new sit of rules on how to treat American civilians and are now employed as an police officer and is influencing the Police behavior. The other is military bases where they learn tactics and techniques to be fielded for crowd control. Of course neither of these are how you should treat American civilians. This isn't a war zone where you're acting as peace keepers and your only real option is to act aggressively and treat people with a unconstitutional level of caution. Which is what "Militarization" really means IMO.
To me.. The police having military like equipment is fine as well as the discipline that comes with military training. The issue is them adapting the aggressive social behavior and tactics of the military. My friend who is a sheriff has told me that an co worker of his who is ex military will completely break down your gun if you give it to him. Like the American civilian and his M&P9 is comparable to an possible terrorist with an Ak-47 in Afghanistan, and you're seeing more and more dog shootings, and searches with out warrants, Civilian shootings, and over all aggressive behavior from the police and I believe the cause is because of "Domestic terrorism" (Which I've yet to see) and lessons learn from the War on Terror.
Domestic terrorism is the fear tactic that promotes the cautions that in returns leads police departments to militarization, and the War on Terror is means to achieve the level of caution they believe they need to stay safe. Then you have situations like this where the Police act overly aggressive towards protesters and it turns into a riot, or ignores an Americans constitutional rights.
IMO, if we need a military for domestic reasons, we have the National Guard. Which I believe the Missionary Governor just called in.
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