Shut up, citizen.
"...Shut up, citizen..."
Oddly enough, there are people on this thread who are somehow comforted by seeing disguised, black-clad troopers with truncheons and armor protecting their local Starbucks Coffee [note background] retailer.
How does one convince one of the troopers in that picture that we're among the "good eggs" in this society? My guess is that this would be a very difficult discussion unless you yourself are one of them. Imagine if municipal officers are empowered to begin suiting-up like this on a daily basis in support of The War on Terror...
Getting back to original idea of this thread, this is why the militarization of the police is such a bad direction for our country. Traffic stops are increasingly more and more adversarial and erode the visionary concept of community policing.
~ Blue Jays ~