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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.

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.

I'm sure the cops know this. There's a lot of info out there about how "neighborhood cops" walking a beat in their blues is a comfort emotionally and intellectually - so they have to know that when every podunk little berg has some unit that makes the original LA SWAT team look like little league baseball squad is simply a way of enforcing brute government power unchecked.

I am stunned how many Freepers are stuck in the 1980s or heck, the 1960s about how conservatives should view cops. This is an entirely new world of LEOs and it ain't good….