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The “militarization” of police was not only inevitable, but necessary
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| August 16, 2014
| Jazz Shaw
Posted on 08/16/2014 4:38:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: JRandomFreeper
All of the pro-militarized LEO posters...Who are they, pray tell?
141
posted on
08/16/2014 7:01:50 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: ifinnegan
fully automatic weapons up to & including belt fed machine guns,fragmentation grenades,40mm explosive grenade launchers,recoilless rifles/ anti-tank missile launchers,mortars,flamethrower.
The duty of police is to keep the peace & arrest people who engage in what is generally referred to a criminal behavior NOT killing people & breaking their stuff on an industrial scale.
To: Flycatcher
The ones advocating for a heavily armed police force, of course.
/johnny
To: ifinnegan
You're right, in Britain the only people that have guns are the criminals. Oh yeah, and
some of the cops. I wonder how that's workin' for them?
CC
144
posted on
08/16/2014 7:04:29 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: JRandomFreeper
Nope. Radio for most. Firearms for a special squad.So wet noodles for "most."
Thanks.
145
posted on
08/16/2014 7:05:00 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: JRandomFreeper
The ones advocating for a heavily armed police force, of course. /johnny Who's advocating for that on this thread?
Names, since you attempted to smear them by using the term "gear-queer."
146
posted on
08/16/2014 7:08:42 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
A radio is not a 'wet noodle'. I know these things.
You are most welcome.
This thread got me to make arrangements to go to Austin for the next session and sit in on the budget hearings. I'll be speaking with some lawmakers on this subject, and pushing hard for a budget reduction and prohibition of State or local LE taking federal military surplus.
/johnny
To: Yashcheritsiy
“the issue with “militarisation of the police” is not so much about the equipment they carry as the attitudes they display”
Yes.
A post earlier in this thread I said that was the key to this.
To: Flycatcher
I never used gear-queers to smear anyone on this thread. I was speaking of the gear-queer cops in local PDs. We had one locally. Had. He's gone now. Steroids are bad. Mmmmmm.
Those that are advocating for heavily armed police are self identifying. I certainly don't need to list names for you.
/johnny
To: ifinnegan
Attitude matters.
But they don't need the equipment, either. So they shouldn't get it.
That's what I'll be advocating for at the State and local level. While pushing the fed legislators of mine to stop giving gear to locals.
/johnny
To: Flycatcher
I also advocate for mandatory drug testing, to include steroids for the local PD.
I'm willing to take any test I advocate for.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
All the best, Johnny!
I viscerally disagree with you but I have to go help my wife now replant a cactus.
Quite serious.
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posted on
08/16/2014 7:18:30 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Zhang Fei
>>San Diego’s stats attest to the fact that the 60’s were a decade of rampant disorder, and it got far worse after that, peaking only in the 90’s, three decades later. Even at today’s diminished numbers vis-a-vis the 90’s, San Diego’s per capita violent crime rate is 8x what it was in 1950.<<
To do an honest comparison you’d have to find a location that has few drug users and also not in the middle of an illegal immigration alley.
Where that would be I have no idea.
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posted on
08/16/2014 7:18:53 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
To: JRandomFreeper
I viscerally disagree with you on the issue of disarming anyone, but I have to go now and help my wife replant some cacti. Quite serious.
All the best!
154
posted on
08/16/2014 7:21:11 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
Wear gloves. Have tweezers. Cacti are a *itch to work with. And good luck with it. Visit the weekly gardening thread if it gets serious. ;)
All the best to you, too.
/johnny
To: Flycatcher
156
posted on
08/16/2014 7:22:17 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: antidisestablishment
What does any of that have to do with what I posted?
Do you even comprehend what I posted?
157
posted on
08/16/2014 7:23:22 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Flycatcher
And I don't want to disarm them as citizens. They have the same rights all of us do.
I only want to disarm them as agents of the state.
/johnny
To: fwdude
you have to make weak attempts to mischaracterize certain arguments to make your own pathetic points look better I guess…..
To: JRandomFreeper
” they don’t need the equipment, either. So they shouldn’t get it.”
Who decides what equipment local police can have?
Obama? Or the citizens of their own city?
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