Dave Hodges
Many people have noticed that several of
the local police officers, particularly the younger ones are more gruff,
rude and even abusive as compared to the past. Many veteran officers
attribute the shift towards DHS’ training of local police which focuses
on teaching the police that the public is their enemy as opposed to the
traditional view that teaches that the local population and the police
are partners in keeping the community safe.
Whatever happened to the friendly
neighborhood cop who walked a beat, was well-known and respected by the
local residents and was seen as the protector of the neighborhood? Far
too often, that cop has been replaced by thugs wearing camouflage, bank
robber type black ski masks who are armed with automatic weapons and
sometimes even break down the doors of people who are innocent.
A Long-Term Trend Towards the Militarization of the Local Police
Americans have long maintained that a
man’s home is his castle and that he has the right to stand his ground
in defending his property from dangerous interlopers.
Unfortunately, the right to defend one’s
own home may be disappearing. America has become SWAT team happy.
America has seen a disturbing trend towards militarization of its local
civilian law enforcement, along with a dramatic and very disturbing rise
in the use of paramilitary police units being used for routine police
work. The most common use of SWAT teams today is to serve narcotics
warrants, usually with forced, unannounced entry into the home. However,
anyone can be SWAT-teamed, even those who default on their student
loans have been SWAT-teamed.
Since 9/11, and the subsequent
militarization of the police by the Department of Homeland Security,
about 5,000 Americans have been killed by US police officers. The
civilian death rate is nearly equal to the number of US soldiers killed
in Iraq. In fact, you are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police
officer than by a terrorist.
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