I am against the militarization of the police too
so am I. But that’s not the problem here. It’s crime. Especially crime created by the perpetual liberal welfare state.
But I'm not sure how law enforcement can deal with a full scale riot without it looking something like a military operation.
But he was for giving communities drones before he was for it or was he against it? The government knew the police forces had this military style equipment. Now, he’s all this. It’s okay, if they use it on the border and on the terrorists. Imo. And, they are not going to give that equipment up; not in today’s high technology world. See the Boston Bombing episode and that’s liberal land.
So am I, but I wouldn’t make that case based on force exhibited in a riot atmosphere.
Make the case based on the equipment these agencies have. You can do that without the props that seem to justify the firepower
It was just a very stupid time for him to trot this out. It was just one more thing that would make it seem like the police were wrong about everything, to everyone.
Paul should know better. It couldn’t help but telegraph full speed ahead to the protesters and rioters.
I don’t want to see cops in tanks, with military weapons, either-that is not riot gear-that is war gear. And American citizens are not terrorists or enemy combatants, even when they are being ass***s. In the past, when this crap happened, the natguard was called-not the gestapo or the USSR equivalent. That gear and those tanks need to be given to the Border Patrol in Texas and Arizona and put to use against drug and human traffickers-not handed to a police force in a city.
Some innocent person is going to get hurt or killed in the fog of power-madness, and everyone on both sides of the argument will be past talking.
If someone had the presence of mind to keep out the rent-a-mobs and imported looters, I don’t think it would have come to this-the blame is squarely on the agitators and race hustlers like Sharpton-but that police chief doesn’t seem very assertive or effective...
I am also against the militarization of the police. If the police lose control of a place, then you bring in the National Guard. You don’t suit up a bunch of yahoos in swat outfits and tell them to control a riot. You don’t act like an occupying force.
Haven’t you heard? Militarization of the police is now a good thing, or so says the Bush-loving/Rand hating establishment wing of FR.