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Originally Posted by nailer
Militarized LE perceive/treat some neighborhoods as if they are enemy territory.
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Respectfully, some neighborhoods
are "enemy territory." (There's really no getting around that.) The social question is how much perceived lack of freedom can be allowed to promote safety before it is determined to be Draconian.
Part of this
is made difficult by John Q. Public. Why? When Barney Fife asked the Barber, "What are you doing up and about so early this morning, Ralph?," he didn't get "Fuck you, pig."
Something changed.
Folks can say it's military-style police but it happened long before that.
