"Militarized police" is a meaningless phrase. The job has always had the possibility of violence. Police simply opted for the most effective offensive and defensive arms and armor an individual can get. This is after decades of sticking to the costume of the circa Andy Griffith uniform.
Militarization talk is nonsense. Where's the PD's artillery, close air support, satellite intel, etc? Body armor, ARs, and cargo pants does not a military make.
Post 9/11 we militarized the police. Then when they used the shit we said “oh nooo you can’t use it against rioters” Ferguson.
Militarizations started in the 80s with the “war on drugs”
Which is a war on people and a total failure like our “war on poverty”
Old enough to see what you did there.......
"Militarized police" is a meaningless phrase. The job has always had the possibility of violence. Police simply opted for the most effective offensive and defensive arms and armor an individual can get. This is after decades of sticking to the costume of the circa Andy Griffith uniform.
Militarization talk is nonsense. Where's the PD's artillery, close air support, satellite intel, etc? Body armor, ARs, and cargo pants does not a military make.