Re: What do you think?

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/15/2015 Slate said:
On 3/15/2015 tansy said:
My complaint, and only comment on this thread, is that the police should not be armed with military equipment.

Why is that? Military equipment is good enough to use on the enemy but not American criminals? Why not?

They keyword you used is AMERICAN. Because we are not fighting a foreign enemy. These are American.neighborhoods and American citizens. Our neighborhoods should not become militarized. There is a way to handle these issues with better policing methods which are out there and are being introduced into many communities. The answer is NOT to militarize our streets. My dad was in law enforcement for 40 years, a white Irish cop in the "projects," as was my uncle. Our family has experience with this.

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Pook · ‎03-20-2010

With all the heavy serious drug use, it definitely is necessary for them to have the latest and best weapons to try to deal with it. So many are also resisting where years ago most were compliant when the police required it! At one time police rarely had to use their weapons.

Slate · ‎03-10-2015

On 3/15/2015 Marienkaefer2 said:
On 3/15/2015 Slate said:
On 3/15/2015 tansy said:
My complaint, and only comment on this thread, is that the police should not be armed with military equipment.

Why is that? Military equipment is good enough to use on the enemy but not American criminals? Why not?

They keyword you used is AMERICAN. Because we are not fighting a foreign enemy. These are American.neighborhoods and American citizens. Our neighborhoods should not become militarized. There is a way to handle these issues with better policing methods which are out there and are being introduced into many communities. The answer is NOT to militarize our streets. My dad was in law enforcement for 40 years, a white Irish cop in the "projects," as was my uncle. Our family has experience with this.

An enemy is an enemy, whether it be on foreign soil or home soil. Those trying to destroy our neighborhoods by their criminal behavior are the enemy.

Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

On 3/15/2015 tansy said:
My complaint, and only comment on this thread, is that the police should not be armed with military equipment.

I agree.

SnowPink · ‎09-20-2014

tansy and Lila -- what do you consider ""military equipment""?

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

I guess people don't remember the L.A. shoot out, in 1997, when a botch bank robbery resulted in people being killed, because the robbers had Ak's, and the police didn't.

The police were out gunned.

Story here.

http://www.csmonitor.com/1997/0303/030397.us.us.5.html

SydneyH · ‎03-10-2010

It's too late to strip the police of their weapons, however I do not agree with the idea of militarizing them by any stretch.......

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

n/m

Irshgrl31201 · ‎03-18-2010

The military equipment isn't an easy answer. This started in the 1990s when cities were seeing massive troubles with violent gang and police were many times out gunned by them. The Pentagon program now doesn't push this equipment and those not used by the military and not requested by police depts are destroyed. The police can get free equipment that would be scrapped or find money to prepare for a scenario that may never happen.

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