Interesting pro-cop/anti-cop discussion here. The fact that this discussion/argument is taking place reveals that many conservatives are now becoming more anti-police than liberals. Although this conversation is focusing on the militarization of local police, I think the subtext is probably the view of many conservatives that government is now - sometimes quite explicitly, as with the Obama administration and some governors and some mayors - their sworn enemy.
I like police that know their place, as in civil servants sworn to protect and defend the public who pay their salaries. Arrogance and police abuse or police militarization has no place in America. As a conservative I didn’t always feel this way and what is becoming a threat from LE. We need government that is responsive to the citizens, instead of attempting to rule over the citizens.
If the government defended our borders and retained our culture and kept our own economy strong (instead of giving to China) instead of importing cheap labor for the oligarch bankers we would not be having these problems.