First big fat lie in the article: the old trope that policing is a dangerous job. What nonsense. It’s not even in the top ten most dangerous jobs in the US. A farmer, a fisherman, or a coal miner is exponentially more likely to be killed at work than a cop.
Second, the writer gives the game away when he says that body armor and gun turrets are only meant to “intimidate” the bad guys into seeing they don’t have a chance. The problem is that mindset becomes PERMANENT, and we’re all treated as bad guys. A cop’s job is not to intimidate me at a traffic stop by lifting weights , taking steroids, shaving his head, and screaming contradictory “orders” that will result in a tasing for “non-compliance.” The mindset engenders the idea that he doesn’t work for me, the citizen — he is exercising military control over the enemy.
The delusions of Seal Team Six grandeur, along with issuing military hardware to non-soldiers, have got to stop.
Oh, and CAMO outfits in Ferguson? Please. You’re just embarrassing yourselves.
Sure about that?
Cite your sources please. Thank-you!
BTW, ask anyone who is married/engaged to a LEO and they will tell you that they pray their dear one will come home after their shift is done.