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Video appears to show Tyre Nichols being beaten by multiple Memphis officers
Memphis officials release pole camera video appearing to show multiple police officers beating Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop at an intersection near the...
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1.) Why Do So Many Recent Veterans Dislike Police Officers?
Tom note: Here is the fourth entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 7th most-read item of...
BY TOM RICKS | PUBLISHED DEC 19, 2018 1:30 PM
“The worst thing we can do is give police military equipment without the training that needs to go with it,” Aaron Barruga, a former Special Forces soldier, wrote in my old Best Defense column. “Without such training, departments that are given military equipment simply will informally make up their own tactics. This uncertainty can lead quickly to tactics that are actually dangerous to officers and citizens alike.”
SOURCE : https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/veterans-dislike-police-officers/?amp
2.) I’m an Iraq Veteran. The Cops Are Treating Citizens Like They’re Under Occupation.
“Seeing police across America escalate violence against protesters made me think of my service in Iraq. In retrospect, I both did and didn’t expect that we’d be treating Americans, and especially black Americans, like they were under occupation. The difference is that in the military, we had rules of engagement and training, even if they didn’t always succeed, to stop us from making an awful situation worse. The cops don’t seem to have that. “
“When I saw the video of Minnesota police and National Guard shooting paint canisters into quiet houses on a residential street, it showed me a throughline in all these police reactions. No matter the department or the locality, there’s a total lack of discipline. I can empathize: Walking the beat can be very scary. So does feeling as though an attack is imminent. The timbre of the cop’s voice, growling “Get inside now!” shows a ton of terror that governs how you act and respond. It won’t be proportionate.”
SOURCE : https://www.thedailybeast.com/im-an-iraq-veteran-the-cops-are-treating-citizens-like-theyre-under-occupation
3.) Stop Training Police Like They’re Joining the Military
If policing is to change, the spotlight must turn toward police academies, where new recruits are first inculcated into the folkways of their profession.
SOURCE : https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/police-academies-paramilitary/612859/
1.) Why Do So Many Recent Veterans Dislike Police Officers?
Tom note: Here is the fourth entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 7th most-read item of...
BY TOM RICKS | PUBLISHED DEC 19, 2018 1:30 PM
“The worst thing we can do is give police military equipment without the training that needs to go with it,” Aaron Barruga, a former Special Forces soldier, wrote in my old Best Defense column. “Without such training, departments that are given military equipment simply will informally make up their own tactics. This uncertainty can lead quickly to tactics that are actually dangerous to officers and citizens alike.”
SOURCE : https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/veterans-dislike-police-officers/?amp
2.) I’m an Iraq Veteran. The Cops Are Treating Citizens Like They’re Under Occupation.
“Seeing police across America escalate violence against protesters made me think of my service in Iraq. In retrospect, I both did and didn’t expect that we’d be treating Americans, and especially black Americans, like they were under occupation. The difference is that in the military, we had rules of engagement and training, even if they didn’t always succeed, to stop us from making an awful situation worse. The cops don’t seem to have that. “
“When I saw the video of Minnesota police and National Guard shooting paint canisters into quiet houses on a residential street, it showed me a throughline in all these police reactions. No matter the department or the locality, there’s a total lack of discipline. I can empathize: Walking the beat can be very scary. So does feeling as though an attack is imminent. The timbre of the cop’s voice, growling “Get inside now!” shows a ton of terror that governs how you act and respond. It won’t be proportionate.”
SOURCE : https://www.thedailybeast.com/im-an-iraq-veteran-the-cops-are-treating-citizens-like-theyre-under-occupation
3.) Stop Training Police Like They’re Joining the Military
If policing is to change, the spotlight must turn toward police academies, where new recruits are first inculcated into the folkways of their profession.
SOURCE : https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/police-academies-paramilitary/612859/
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
PV2 Larry Sellnow Seems to be something in the air, as I recall Congress is supposed to serve us as well.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
PV2 Larry Sellnow - In all honesty although i spent over 40 years in Police work I'm glad none of My children followed that example nor would I Myself still want to be in that profession in today's world. There are some people in todays forces that would never have even been hired way back when but also when I went on the Police Department 95% were Armed Forces Veterans, now very few are. I find We worked not only better with each other as a team but with the public as well and understood the difference between enforcement and harassment.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Good point made on Congress as well as Police service.
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