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That sounds good til you realize then you’d have released a huge number of highly trained, radicalized, disgruntled militants into the population. The disbandi
by kingkawn 6y ago
That sounds good til you realize then you’d have released a huge number of highly trained, radicalized, disgruntled militants into the population.
The disbanding of the Iraqi military by the US occupation comes to mind.
- dmd 6y agoClearly, then, the answer is to keep radicalized, disgruntled militants in positions of absolute power!
- munk-a 6y agoIf these folks are disgruntled militants then keeping them within or without of police jobs isn't going to impact that. Disbanding the Iraqi military was a very interesting event but the militia-like groups coming out of that action is more an issue of ceasing pay to folks with no other options in a pretty dysfunctional economy than anything else.
- Teever 6y agoYes but now they don't have legal immunity from American citizens who both exercise their second amendment rights and willing to take proportional actions to defend themselves against individuals threatening their lives. In this situation there would be more armed citizens than disgruntled ex-cops so the problem should take care of itself in short order. The issue isn't that the police are radicalized and disgruntled. It's that they have the budgetary and legal resources to operate with impunity. Take that away and they're just a gang. Other gangs will eat them for lunch.
- mhh__ 6y agoSome fat old police officers are no match for the (not disbanded) actual soldiers who are somehow often subject to more scrutiny than their civilian "counterparts".
- dTal 6y agoReleased? Right now they have a government issue car and firearm! They're paid to roam the streets! How could they possibly be any more "released" than they are now?