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packman

(16,296 posts)
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 11:24 AM Aug 2020

Know the uniform of those bashing your head in




If officers were easily identifiable, it would be harder for them to get away with thrashing unarmed Americans with nightsticks, shattering their bones as the camera phones roll.

A new bill, introduced by Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C., would require on-duty federal and local law enforcement officers to identify themselves at all times, by name, agency and badge number. That’s a good start, but is also insufficient.

Discarding the woodland camouflage, military-style weaponry and violent tactics while on urban policing duty in Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin would send an even clearer signal that federal agents intend to protect the peace, not wage a war.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/opinion/federal-agents-trump-uniforms.html
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Know the uniform of those bashing your head in (Original Post) packman Aug 2020 OP
There does seem to be a trend in 'the look.' crickets Aug 2020 #1

crickets

(25,952 posts)
1. There does seem to be a trend in 'the look.'
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 01:49 PM
Aug 2020
Discarding the woodland camouflage, military-style weaponry and violent tactics while on urban policing duty in Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin would send an even clearer signal that federal agents intend to protect the peace, not wage a war.


Are they really there to protect peace? Also, then they wouldn't look like tough guy bullies any more, tsk.
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