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Originally Posted by rdret1
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The first link had this at the bottom
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This, along with the Jose Guerena case, demonstrates how the militarization of police terminology and tactics is incompatible with a free society. Police officers aren’t “operators” like Green Berets or Navy SEALs.
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Its interesting to hear someone frame this story in that manner because it then exposes it to the Constitutionality of this practice. If memory serves correctly, there is a provision that 'military force' can not be used on citizens outside of the declaration of Martial Law.
Categorizing these agents as 'militarized' would seem to blur the legality of their actions.
Am I so far off target?