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If you wonder about Mayor Frey's stand on "warrior" training for police
http://www.startribune.com/mayor-frey-minneapolis-police-union-agrees-to-warrior-training-ban/509112392/Read about Radley Balko's "Rise of the Warrior Cop," chronicles the steady militarization of the police in the U.S.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/101669931
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10023404817
To the police, civilians are citizens to protect. To the military, we are a population to be subdued. Wars can temporarily override the Constitution. When the Justice Department walks into Congress with requests for money and new laws to fight a war, it is going to get a different response than if it came in with a story about fighting crime.
To me, the most dark story is about the mayor of Berwyn Heights at whose door steps a package of drugs was delivered. Apparently a common tactic to send to a neutral address and then to collect it. SWAT team stormed the house, killed two dogs and terrorizes the family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn_Heights,_Maryland_mayor%27s_residence_drug_raid
