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Recently Joe Biden was criticized for picking a retired general as the Secretary of Defense because it is improper to dilute the civilian control of the America
by Zigurd 6y ago
Recently Joe Biden was criticized for picking a retired general as the Secretary of Defense because it is improper to dilute the civilian control of the American military, even symbolically, by having men in uniform at the top of the DoD.
Yet police departments routinely evade control and scrutiny by management that did not come up through police departments. They resist oversight boards. They hide derogatory information about individual cops. All that has to end.
- jopsen 6y agoIsn't the DoD more integrated that the police departments? And isn't the DoD much far away from the voter that the police and local government? Just saying, the two things might not compare very well :)
- Zigurd 6y agoThere are many incentives for enlisted to become cops. That's sufficient basis to make sure they do not become racist thugs.
- spacemanmatt 6y agoPolice departments exhibit every suspicious behavior of organized criminals.