Consequences of police militarization
Now police do not use choke holds. Draw your taser instead. Fumble around, because every second counts. Pull the trigger. “Holy shit, I shot him!”
Now police do not use choke holds. Draw your taser instead. Fumble around, because every second counts. Pull the trigger. “Holy shit, I shot him!”
That poor guy is suffering so much. We all want to knock the policeman off, but the uniforms and the guns are too much. No one wants to get shot, and most of us are black.
Domestic law enforcement might become effective again, and the army would solve its recruiting problem. Moreover, each force could make better use of its training in its new role.
What does the officer tell his family when he returns home that night? Does he tell them he did good work, because he’s safe while his victim lies on a gurney in the coroner’s office?
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Once government commits planned, organized cruelty against people it defines as its enemies, anything goes. Law enforcement becomes power enforcement, maintenance of order becomes imposition of control, and authority becomes a mere demonstration of force. You are left with coercion.
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