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| ‘Police State' Chatter in the Face of Five Police Funerals |
| 2018-02-16 |
| [OpsLens] I am still nursing a headache from the latest slayings of police officers which, inevitably, led to my jaw-clenched Saturday. Exacerbating the police tragedies, a friend of mine posted a thread condemning the aesthetics of specialty police vehicles, expressing his discomfort from seeing them in public. Invariably, the phrase "police state" and word "zealots" were bandied-about among pro/con commenters. I’ve no idea if "E.J." knew about the recent spate consisting of five more police casualties caused by murderous monsters intent on spraying bullets with unambiguous intent to kill, but I surmise he must have. After all, he professes his support and adoration for his "friends in blue." The following is what E.J. posted: "All due respect to my friends in Blue, I do not believe our police force should be a military. There are always justifications for anything, but a line has to be drawn. Bullet proof armor on police cars I’m okay with, we need to protect our friends and family in blue. Armored personnel carriers with battering rams, I’m not okay with. Tanks I’m not okay with. 15 years ago the police force was trying to find non-lethal deterrents and ways to save lives in tough altercations. Now it seems as if the police force is saying, we will kill you if you don’t comply. As an independent with conservative tendencies, with a love for our law enforcement community feels this way, it’s gone too far." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |