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since when do they use paramilitary forces "in nearly all situations" ? I think you're jumping the gun a bit on that statement. The problem is that supposedly

• adamsea 6y ago
  > since when do they use paramilitary forces "in nearly all situations" ? I think you're jumping the gun a bit on that statement. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/police-academies-paramilitary/612859/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/police-aca... "The majority of law-enforcement academies in the United States are loosely modeled on military boot camps." https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issue-areas/criminal-justice-policing-reform/militarization-of-police/ https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issue-areas/criminal-ju... "Over 8,000 law enforcement agencies have utilized the 1033 program to access more than $6 billion worth of military equipment such as night-vision goggles, machine guns, armored vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, and military aircraft ... ... One study found that use of paramilitary-style teams by law enforcement increased by more than 1,400 percent since 1980." https://cjmasters.eku.edu/sites/cjmasters.eku.edu/files/21stmilitarization.pdf https://cjmasters.eku.edu/sites/cjmasters.eku.edu/files/21st... --- Or, just apply your eyes and look at the photos of St. Louis police with sniper rifles trained on crowds of people during the Ferguson protests. One is here: https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/14/ferguson-and-the-shocking-nature-of-us-police-militarization https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/14/ferguson-and...