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Law Enforcement's "Warrior" Problem (2015)

https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-128/law-enforcements-warrior-problem/
19•bookofjoe•1h ago

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jqpabc123•1h ago
And citizens become the "enemy".
throwaway81523•29m ago
(2015)
NDlurker•28m ago
And more relevant with each passing year. This is a meme that seems to have infected every law enforcement organization.
NDlurker•28m ago
There's a war going on outside no man is safe from.
jmclnx•27m ago
Yes, the days of Andy Griffith is long gone, at least in the US the country is slowly turning the local police into storm troopers.

But even back then, some groups of people were treated badly by the local police in some areas. Now it seems the bad treatment is has become "DEI" instead of good treatment expanding to everyone. :(

Ref for non-US people and the very young:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Griffith_Show

krapp•14m ago
Those days never existed. In real life Andy Griffith would be an alcoholic who beats his wife and lynches black people who don't get out of Mayberry before the sun sets.

Cops have always been this way.

NoMoreNicksLeft•22m ago
This is a shallow piece, if ever there was one. Sure the word "warrior" and its connotations are dangerous, but that barely skims the surface of the problem. Why are police given military ranks? Corporals and sergeants and captains. Hell, some are majors and colonels too. Why are their uniforms styled to look martial at all? Has anyone considered that perhaps they shouldn't be armed like soldiers? There doesn't need to be an assault rifle in the trunk of each squad car (isn't this the point of having SWAT? why bother if everyone is SWAT?). Can we even safely call them officers? We call the command structure of the army and navy "officers", but we also use that term for those who aren't military, so maybe it's safe.
Zigurd•15m ago
When a Karen calls the cops you have to hope a Proctor doesn't show up.

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