> Defensive equipment promotes escalation, as there is less worry of harm. I think there's a conversation about law enforcement and civil rights that people in

> Defensive equipment promotes escalation, as there is less worry of harm. I think there's a conversation about law enforcement and civil rights that people in the US need to have. But its awfully hard to have a real conversation when people don't want police to use lethal force and also don't want cops to have access to things that allow them to do their job with less reliance on lethal force. > Also, you know, tanks. https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/towns-dont-need- https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/towns-dont-need-... Actually those are not tanks. And the US military has no problem using .50 cal on personnel. Which are just nitpicks but they illustrate how hard it is to talk about these subjects when the people making the criticisms are so profoundly ignorant about the facts of the matter.