If only the "militarization of police" would include instilling the
discipline and professionalism that our military has, and our civilian
law enforcement agencies so often show that they are lacking.
When soldiers and Marines in combat zones have more restrictive rules of
engagement for dealing with armed enemy combatants than police officers
in our own cities do for dealing with citizens suspected of criminal
acts, there is a problem.
When military members step over the line and do illegal things, we tend
to find out about it, because other military members step forward.
Remember Abu Ghraib? When those reservists, most of whom were also
civilian LEOS (cops and corrections officers) mistreated prisoners,
another soldier notified his congressman and the press.
When civilian cops commit felonies - like assaulting a cameraman in a
McDonald's, for instance - other civilian cops aid and abet them in that crime by not
only refusing to arrest them for the felonies committed right in front
of them, but also by helping them to hide their identities. At that
point, every cop in that McDonald's needs to be arrested, stripped of
their badge, gun, uniform, and pension, and put on trial for felony
assault, false imprisonment/unlawful confinement/kidnapping, and other
crimes (those who stood and allowed it to happen need to be charged as
accomplices/accessories, as well as with criminal negligence, with
depraved indifference) - all committed under color of authority, thus
increasing the severity of the offenses.
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