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RE: My City Gave Back the Humvee Equipped with Machine Gun Turret Army Supplied for Free
I support law enforcement as much as anyone, they have a difficult, thankless job. That being said, things are beginning to get out of hand. A few years ago I had a young cop pull me over to tell me my brake light was out...With his gun out!!! I'm an old man- what did he think I was going to do, take out my teeth and gum him??? The problem is this: I called a friend on the force, somebody that's been there a good while and he told me, that's what the academy is teaching now. Not just here, but everywhere. The new cops are being taught everything is "us against them." Citizens are the enemy. Forget about "protect & serve" it no longer exists. That's why the departments are taking military style vehicles and armaments.
I do agree there are a lot of good police out there. You should check out a post I made yesterday. I feel though the higher you go up in government the more corruption their jobs can allow and is therefore created. It is bad though that the ones who are not responsible or are hazed or trained improperly are making them all look bad even when the good ones do right.
I must ask too though does your friend on the force complain to higher ups about the training his new partners have received? I feel we are taught we can do nothing about it or it is how it is way too much. If we disagree with something we should be able to speak our minds without being punished for it.