[Celerity]

Since this is my Vanity thread, I’m going to nosedive it right into the ground.

I used to think that the militarization of police was a terrible, terrible idea. Now I’m seeing the need for it.

Maybe not in the vehicles but the police need to be brought into a new generation of tactics and equipment.

There has to be some sort of balance. We have technology. Perhaps police could be on the front-lines of technology on US soil. Surveillance drones, open lines to phone taps, court-led appropriations of tools and tech.

I’m getting torn. Cops need to get some of these tools. MRAPS ? Maybe not. But the training needs to go beyond what they have now.

[Stentor]

...I’m going to nosedive it right into the ground.

Good job. Keep that stick forward just a little longer.

[Jed Eckert]

The problem is not that the cops need better training or more equipment. They need better intel.

This guy was prancing around marching with the Black Panthers in Texas a few months ago. The warning signs were all there. LE should be infiltrating these groups like they used to back in the 60s. (I know, I know, this not the old J. Edgar FBI anymore)

[PghBaldy]

We also need to not let riots start. Protestors can’t burn crosses, but they can chant about killing cops?

[over3Owithabrain]

I’m not sure that was Micah X doing the pillar shooting.

I think he had trained help. Initial police audio spoke of other shooters.