KEEP IN MIND THOUGH EVENTS THAT ACTUALLY TRANSPIRED IN VENEZUELA SOME 10 YEARS AGO.
LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CARACAS AREA WERE VISITED BY THE NATIONAL POLICE FORCE, THE BOLIVARIAN NATIONAL GUARD.
THE NATIONAL GUARD SEIZED ALL HEAVY TACTICAL WEAPONS AND SHOTGUNS FROM THE LOCAL POLICE LEAVING THEM ONLY WITH PISTOLS TO DEAL WITH THE LIKES OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND GANGS.
CRIME SKYROCKTED.
THE LOCAL POLICE FORCES WERE CONTROLLED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NOT LOYAL TO HUGO CHAVEZ AND HIS CUBAN COMMUNINIST WANABEES.
WATCH WHERE THIS ARGUMENT AGAINST “MILITARIZED POLICE” MIGHT GO??????
IN VENEZUELA LOCAL POLICE WERE DISARMED SO THEY WOULD NOT BE A THREAT TO CHAVEZ AND HIS COMMUNIST RED SHIRT THUGS...
That’s a streeeeeeetch - and missing the point. The same conservatives who are worried about the militarization of the police are equally, or more concerned, about the militarization of the numerous Fed agencies who now have their own armies.
I don’t think there’s any analogy here at all.