That’s it? A few stories of “alleged” misconduct? I don’t think anyone will be surprised that there has always been and always will be police ‘misconduct.’ I’ve seen plenty myself.
What does that have to do with ‘the militarization’ of the police?
And the author talks about all the equipment that the police are getting with the money pouring in from the feds. You know what I got? A pair of 10 power Bushnell binoculars and a few ammo cans.
Too much.
I recently moved back to the small town I was born, raised, educated and married in
The population now is almost exactly the same now as it was then.
Then, we had 4 cops sharing 2 marked cop cars. Now, we have 82 cops, 94 cop cars, an APC and a "mobile crime lab".
All the prisoners used to be housed on the 3rd floor of the Court House. Now, the city/county jail is 2.5 square city blocks, with additional prisoners jailed out-of-state and growing.
We have more people incarcerated per capita in this country than almost all other "civilized" nations combined.
Too many laws. Too many cops. Too many jails. Too many prisoners. Too much suppression.
Militarization of police has to do with the tactics, the weapons, the training, and the tools.
All of which emulate the military more every single day.
The only thing which doesn’t emulate the military is your use of deadly force. Cops can use deadly force a lot easier than the military, even those in a war zone.