Police Brutality and Militarized Law Enforcement

[BlueStreak]

Aside from race and the Michael Brown incident, what are your thoughts on this?

Here are my thoughts, taken from another thread;

I don't understand why it is so important to so many whether or not Brown was a "thug". It is only relevant in this one particular case. The overarching issue is police brutality and the growing militarization of law enforcement.

And, it's about darn time THAT issue was brought into the public conscience.

If the Brown case is erroneous, so what? I'm just happy to see people raising awareness of the dangerous trend towards police (and others under SYG) becoming judge, jury and executioner.

Where does that sort of thing lead, folks?

Yes, people (including police officers) have a right to defend themselves. But we need to be very careful with this. It's easy to become jaded and start assuming every case is legitimate. It's also easy to let the desire for security turn into a nightmare.



I moved this here to separate it from the Brown/Wilson case as a standalone topic. Let's keep it that way, please.

Dave