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The point was the militarization of the police, that they are adopting militarized language when dealing with the general public. I used citizen with a lowercas
by ok123456 5y ago
The point was the militarization of the police, that they are adopting militarized language when dealing with the general public. I used citizen with a lowercase 'c' here, as in "private citizen" and not as in legal citizenship status to a sovereign nation.
- anigbrowl 5y agoThing is the 'civilian' distinction goes back decades and some definitions extend the nen-civilian status to firefighters as well as police. It's neither new nor uniquely American, though I'm sure exactly when it expanded beyond the purely military use fo the term.