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ikr! I wasn’t born here and when I tell my friends US police forces are better equipped than my home country’s military they just give me a stare as if it’s nor
by zeusk 5y ago
ikr! I wasn’t born here and when I tell my friends US police forces are better equipped than my home country’s military they just give me a stare as if it’s normal and blame it on the 2nd amendment that most cops have to carry body armor and deadly force weapons. Sounds so backwards to me, something I’d expect in Somalia and not Redmond, Washington.
- giantg2 5y agoI don't see the problem being with them having those tools. I see the problem being how the system doesnt provide correct/adequate training and turns a blind eye when those tools are misused. There needs to be accountability.
- zeusk 5y agoI quite strongly believe in the saying "When all one has a hammer, everything looks like a nail". I definitely see this in Tech, so it likely happens in policing as well - where they're given ever so forceful tools, they'll find reasons to justify that cost.
- giantg2 5y agoThey aren't only given "hammers". They have an array of tools at their disposal. There are some cops who don't have the training or the capacity (standards are pretty low) to effectively use the correct tool, like that cop that thought she was using a taser. But countless others are able to correctly choose and use the right tool for the job.