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Stonepounder

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12. I might get clobbered for this

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2020, 08:46 PM

Jul 2020

But I think that a) police departments do NOT need all that surplus military equipment and b) I would be VERY careful about hiring ex-military. Before you go bananas over that last comment please understand I have nothing but respect for our military and our military veterans. But from the first day of boot camp they are taught how to kill, not how to 'defuse' a situation. And I didn't say don't hire any veterans, I just said 'be careful'.

Note: My wife of nearly 25 years was married to career top Sergeant before he died. He was in the Catering Corps, yet even so he had to do target practice and hand to hand regularly. He never had to practice 'defusing' a situation.

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The Day I Found His Secret Box [View all] Xipe Totec Jul 2020 OP

Well worth the read. Thank you! Nevilledog Jul 2020 #1

MUST READ malaise Jul 2020 #2

Absolutely must read. It only took me a few minutes and now I see. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2020 #3

What the cop in the article was doing get repeated over and over for other things. Blue_true Jul 2020 #6

Chilling. FM123 Jul 2020 #4

They all need to be fired, start over Miigwech Jul 2020 #5

They would need to be fired top to bottom and new cops would have to be Blue_true Jul 2020 #7

Put together new PDs without the knowledge of those currently employed. Progressive Jones Jul 2020 #17

I believe getting a Police Chief or Commissioner who is committed to reform and Blue_true Jul 2020 #19

You make good points. Progressive Jones Jul 2020 #20

+1, when this was done in Dallas PD the whole dept turned around and were a part of the ... uponit7771 Jul 2020 #8

There's no freedom without equal voting access, we have the right to vote but not equal access to uponit7771 Jul 2020 #9

K&R Thanks for posting. alwaysinasnit Jul 2020 #10

Was married to one for safeinOhio Jul 2020 #11

I might get clobbered for this Stonepounder Jul 2020 #12

K & R Tommymac Jul 2020 #13

There are a few good cops but it is a good old boys club. blueinredohio Jul 2020 #14

I remember reading some time ago that police also keep guns around to plant on people. Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #15

I can absolutely assure you that this goes on. nt Progressive Jones Jul 2020 #21

Shitty cops deserve the title of "PIG". nt Progressive Jones Jul 2020 #16

This is only one example of the injustice that has become so Enoki33 Jul 2020 #18

Good article nt PoliWrangler Jul 2020 #22

ACAB. Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #23

Wow. K&R for the post and the discussion. crickets Jul 2020 #24