[Politicalmom]

Wow.

From the comments:

“The cops need to look at this closely because this is what can happen when ONE person comes after them with the will to act. Now imagine how they will fare if they enrage a large segment of the population with gestapo tactics. They don’t survive because they are tough. They survive because the population ALLOWS them to. It might be important to remember that.”

This is such an important point, and one that hadn’t yet been clarified in my mind. These cops are too scared to think because ONE guy might be hunting them. How are they going to react when they start disarming people and dozens or hundreds are hunting them?

[Thud]

That is how the Black Panthers got started in Oakland, California. They were one of several defense-against-police-brutality neighborhood groups created because the Oakland PD beat black kids who didn't run from them, and shot those who did. After a long while people started aiming rifles from windows at the Oakland PD when they entered black neighborhoods.

Charles Gain was appointed chief of the Oakland PD to stop this, and did. His solution was with report requirements. Officers had to write reports every time they drew their weapon, longer reports every time they fired it, and humongous reports when they shot someone. Anyone Chief Gain wanted to get rid of had to rewrite those reports umpteen times based on his incredibly detailed corrections until they resigned. This got trigger-happy officers off the streets almost at once, and got the rest to be careful not to give Chief Gain a reason to get rid of them.

[Elsie]

How are they going to react when they start disarming people and dozens or hundreds are hunting them?

What's the next address on our list?

2314 Main Street, Sir.

Ok; here we are; hose it down!

[Elsie]

... hose it down!

Gauntlet reference