Sorry, I blame the militarization of the police on the police.
It would be illogical and idiotic to place the blame anywhere else.
Given the number of “malfunctions” the police experience with their recording equipment, perhaps they’d be better off obtaining better quality camera and audio equipment instead of 5 ton assault vehicles, Hummers and M16s.
Finally, the fact that you consider an AR15 to be a “patrol rifle” is strong evidence that the police are being increasingly militarized.
When was the last time you looked outside and saw a cop patrolling in an ‘amwrap’ or armored vehicle? I’m willing to be you haven’t.
Other than swat or active shooter situations, how many ‘militarized’ cops have you seen? What exactly is a militarized cop anyway? A cop, as this article says, with an MP5?
I will agree with you on the better video and audio equipment, what we have is junk, but it does work. In fact it’s got more than a few of our guys out of being falsely accused.
The reason we got AR15’s was a study was performed in which the round fired from it did not penetrate walls as much as other caliber weapons.
I don’t even have one, I’ve got a 12 gauge. It’s strong evidence that the cops are militarized because I called an AR a patrol rifle? That sounds like the media calling an AR an assault rifle.