Quote:This situation was completely avoidable, again you have to look at why people are hostile towards the police today. You have entire communities that have NO trust in law enforcement, why? 

 

 

Liberty be damned if they say it's for your protection we should just give police unlimited authority? Where does it stop? 

 

 

Are you arguing the police have not been militarized? I'm confused you seem to be suggesting programs like the pentagons 1033 don't exist? You're average police department today is equipped to fight a war on foreign soil. Hell just look at the distribution of MRAP vehicles alone.

 

The comment about allowing police into your house was sarcasm in reference to the previous poster stating that dui checkpoints and stop and frisk should be tolerated under the premise of, "If you're not doing anything wrong..."

 

Yes, this situation was completely avoidable.  If people don't riot, loot, and destroy then the situation could have been avoided.

 

Yes, I am arguing that the police aren't militarized.  I don't call bringing bigger weapons to a fight militarization.  Now if they were flying Apache's with rockets and 50 cals overhead, I might say something different.  How does one use the argument that a police officer with a long arm is "militarization" yet take issue when a civilian owns a long arm and it's considered an "assault weapon?"  You can't see the hypocrisy there?

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