Then I do not need to explain the decades long argument against militarizing the police. You are fully aware I am sure.
Folks against the militarization of law enforcement make somewhat valid points. Most of them come from folks that have never done the job and they just see it from the outside.
I can tell you from experience, as someone who once had some of that equipment, the biggest issue with it is....its used TOO MUCH.
They break it out, when a good part of the time, it doesn’t need to be broken out.
But they do need it. And there have been, are, and will continue to be times where law enforcement needs that equipment.
Our country is not getting safer. We have absolutely no idea who or what is coming over the border. Trust me, the cops are going to need that stuff.
Again.....it’s the overuse of that equipment and some of those tactics, if folks would take a deeper look at certain incidents, much more so than having the gear and using the gear.
Waco/BranchDividians....prime example....you want Koresh so bad, just do surveillance on him, wait for him to leave and do a traffic stop.
Randy Weaver....wait for him to come off his mountain to get some supplies or just go up there to talk to him, and not murder his wife and child.
Pima County Sheriff/Jose Gerena .... nothing to do with his brother dealing pot. Cops said he fired first. His weapon found with the Safety, on. Again, a simple traffic stop on his way home from work would have more than sufficed.