I don’t think a stepped-up militarized response is necessary with what is going on in the US at this time, no. I think what civil disorder and criminality we do have can be accomplished without out of control or overly militarized units.
11 of the 12 officers at that pool party are still employed. They were all presented with the same test and passed it and get to keep their jobs. Some people are not cut out to be cops, and we don’t need to physically beat down the average unruly mob to get it under control. Some people do attack police and do deserve what they get. Some people end up in police custody and receive treatment that when brought to the public’s awareness, causes them to lose their job.
Yes, they are still employed. So are the cops that give Baltiferals space to destroy. Baltmore is still 8 digits in the hole, has increased violence since and is an example of what not to do.
Is it better to wait until a couple more cities burn or several hundered people are killed or to clamp down hard? There has to come a point. If you don’t think we are there yet, then how many cities do you feel need to burn or how many people die before that point happens? There must be a cutoff number.
We cannot have things both ways. We cannot softshoe this and solve the problem. It will eventually end in violence regardless. These people do not want peace or non violence or anything we want. They want our money and our servitude. That is not going to change. They had victimology ingrained in them because rather than stop that as it happened, we softshoed that issue as well and it mutated into this one. So again, if not now, then when?