RE: Ferguson: too much or not enough?
August 20, 2014 at 1:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2014 at 1:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
People shouldn't have to "stand up for their rights" in the face of public servants whose only mandate is to protect those rights. There are no mitigating circumstances in that scenario, big or small. If one of those apc's got molotov'd, I'd think it was a shitty thing to do....but I wouldn't want to be on that jury.
(your suggestion wouldn;t actually accomplish that, they already share resources and manpower with neighboring jurisdictions, plus - the number of troops on the ground is irrelevant in a vacuum, it's their combat effectiveness relative to the opposing force- which, in this case, is a bunch of civilians)
Here's my suggestion -Until the Ferguson PD starts seeing ieds and rpgs getting flung at squadcars under cover of automatic rifle fire and indirect bombardment- they need to leave that shit at home. Misuse of those resources should be grounds for summary dismissal - no severance, no pension...top to bottom- and permanent expulsion from public service, at a minimum (and since the dept heads of police forces are politicians - not hero cops...you'd best believe that would light a fire under their ass).
IOW, if they want to pretend to be army men, go ahead, lets pretend they -are- army men, eh? Guilty until proven innocent has a ring to it. Leavenworth could use more rock breakers, ranges always need gravel.
(your suggestion wouldn;t actually accomplish that, they already share resources and manpower with neighboring jurisdictions, plus - the number of troops on the ground is irrelevant in a vacuum, it's their combat effectiveness relative to the opposing force- which, in this case, is a bunch of civilians)
Here's my suggestion -Until the Ferguson PD starts seeing ieds and rpgs getting flung at squadcars under cover of automatic rifle fire and indirect bombardment- they need to leave that shit at home. Misuse of those resources should be grounds for summary dismissal - no severance, no pension...top to bottom- and permanent expulsion from public service, at a minimum (and since the dept heads of police forces are politicians - not hero cops...you'd best believe that would light a fire under their ass).
IOW, if they want to pretend to be army men, go ahead, lets pretend they -are- army men, eh? Guilty until proven innocent has a ring to it. Leavenworth could use more rock breakers, ranges always need gravel.
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