"If there’s one thing I learned in Afghanistan, it’s this: You can’t win someone’s heart and mind when you are...
"If there’s one thing I learned in Afghanistan, it’s this: You can’t win someone’s heart and mind when you are pointing a rifle at their chest."
We've seen the us versus them mentality spreading for a while now as police departments and unions are working to separate themselves from public scrutiny as much as possible and civilian police forces have been becoming more militarized as though preparing for war and not for public service and protection.
And let's be clear here: a military, an army, is an assault force. Whatever the politicians and the pundits tell you about police missions or security missions, the military is a political force of arms. The police, however, are intended to serve a different mission. Their job is to protect and serve, to interact with the public and create positive trusting relationships.
As police departments continue to act like military forces the divide will only get larger, public trust in the police will only decrease and a final confrontation will truly be us versus them.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/police-militarization-ferguson-2014-8
We've seen the us versus them mentality spreading for a while now as police departments and unions are working to separate themselves from public scrutiny as much as possible and civilian police forces have been becoming more militarized as though preparing for war and not for public service and protection.
And let's be clear here: a military, an army, is an assault force. Whatever the politicians and the pundits tell you about police missions or security missions, the military is a political force of arms. The police, however, are intended to serve a different mission. Their job is to protect and serve, to interact with the public and create positive trusting relationships.
As police departments continue to act like military forces the divide will only get larger, public trust in the police will only decrease and a final confrontation will truly be us versus them.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/police-militarization-ferguson-2014-8
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