[AAABEST]

Our current police forces are acting more and more like a military outfit, and that is exactly what the founders meant to prevent.

In my area, the daily uniform for many is OD fatigues with their pants bloused into their (cheap-ass) tac-boots - like their gigged for a fire-fight.

They go to work looking to play soldier.

[null and void]

Yeah, dressed for it, but when push came to shove the cowards of Broward hid behind cars and in stairwells while children were being murdered.

[TheDandyMan]

A police officer told me last year's application period for the Transit and Municipal Civil Service Exam was the first time in a long time without a significant number of veterans.

A couple decades of war, and you have a lot of ex-military guys gravitating towards jobs, like LE, with a culture that somewhat mirrors military culture. I assume the culture and dress have become more military-esque as a result. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, boots and fatigues are far more practical for daily wear, especially with the possibility of sudden physical exertion, than creased pants and lugged dress shoes.

[walkingdead]

“They go to work looking to play soldier.”

And that is something every freedom loving American should be very worried about. The two cannot coexist in a free society.

[jpsb]

Law enforcement more and more is acting like an occupation army.

[wardaddy]

Same thing with younger Williamson county TN deputies

The most over policed (wholly unneeded) county in America

They are usually on the interstates looking for $$$$ in profile stops