Huh? Not sure where your question originated from or where it’s going, but I do know, living in one of the three largest cities in the U.S., especially one that is overrun with gangs controlling the distribution of drugs (estimated to cause 70% of all crime) and are busy killing each other and innocent bystanders, well, I’d rather have the police operate as a paramilitary at this point given they’re outmanned and outgunned by these punks. As for policemen/women acting as public service oriented (as was more the case in the Decatur video), sure, most cops deal with those issues more than violent crime on a daily basis, but don’t discount for a second the savage nature of gangs, if you don’t go after them with vigilance and toughness, they’ll control everything. As a matter of fact, this war has already been lost in most gang-controlled neighborhoods because the public officials and cops can’t contain them and protect the citizens who witness and are victims of the gang related crimes, so they don’t testify for fear of their own, and families, lives. I’d rather have cops ready to kick some serious a$$ at anytime as long as it correctly focused and aimed at the right, repeat, organized offenders. Hell ya.
Remember: anything you justify being used against criminals/terrorists, etc. can be used against you.
Think of this: when is the last time any local paper reported: “Police take out [insert name of gang]”
When was the last time you heard of a police officer raiding a “wrong house” or shooting a law-abiding citizen or his/her dog?
Consider how far more often the latter is reported than the former.
If a video is designed for metrosexuals and women, then it follows that “real, conservative men” have no to little interest in being treated as esteemed citizens by the police; moreover, it follows that “conservatives” do not believe that the police are answerable to them, and that only women and metrosexuals care about such things.
I submit that such an argument displays a low view of conservative men.
If a video is designed for “men”, then it follows that “men” support and approve of a self-described “highly progressive Police Department.”
Clearly, we have entirely different understandings on what it is to be conservative.