[C. Edmund Wright]

That was also an outlier fluke freak one time event. To make law, to equip, and to form tactics on such a basis is exactly how liberals grow government power…..use a single event to trample everyone’s rights.

And another thing: cops in classic blues - the cruiser - the hat, the pistol, maybe a club, and the badge - evokes a certain kind of image, thought process and emotion.

A cop who looks just like our special forces from Iraq or Afghanistan, right down to the pseudo nazi style helmets and Humvee - evokes an entirely different image, thought process, and emotion. Both for LEO and citizen.

[DarkSavant]

A cop who looks just like our special forces from Iraq or Afghanistan, right down to the pseudo nazi style helmets and Humvee - evokes an entirely different image, thought process, and emotion. Both for LEO and citizen.

That's what a lot of people don't understand. There is a psychological impact both on the police and on the citizens when wearing military style gear. I wish I could find the study, but a famous one was done where they showed a strong correlation between types of equipment and aggression.