I am rethinkinking absolute trust in police. They have apcs and attack helicopters. They are now a posse commitatus work aroud.. especially with the patriot act.
I fully support and am vested in my sherrif and his folks. The sheriff is the only man who can stand on your doorstep between you and the federal government.
After j6, no one should support unionized pds and their militarization.
You’re right about the militarizing of PDs (especially as the ctrl-left controls more and more of them with each passing day); the biggest argument against PDs was made when they refused to enforce basic laws during the BLM/anarchist riots. They sacrificed the properties, and sometimes the lives, of the people who paid them to appease groups that most likely will never contribute a dime to the upkeep of police forces.
I’d imagine those who suffered losses during the leftist riots have grounds for lawsuits - even from insurers, who price in such factors as paid fire departments and the like. If law and order aren’t maintained, then their calculations are meaningless - and their losses are huge.
That ship sailed for me when I saw local and state po-po harassing their fellow citizens for not social distancing and/or not wearing a muzzle.