• JBar2@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read on the internet. Sure give up all your rights as a citizen based on one (probably fake, but either way) story about a single supposed situation where someone outgunned the police

    Fucking bootlicker

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      1 year ago

      Ah yeah, I remember giving up my rights as a citizen in 1996 when Thomas Hamilton outgunned a bunch of children in a primary school

      We seem to be doing just fine here without our rights, oddly enough, along with the rest of modernity

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      1 year ago

      I think having some higher power weapons for law enforcement in case it ever comes to that is (while related) a different problem than police militarization. I think the best bet would to be have specialized units for those extreme cases they could reasonably deploy in a timely/effective manner. Every cop having access to surplus military gear is a huge problem and I wish weren’t to a point where having specific units was even a necessity.

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      1 year ago

      Pointing out the likely catalyst that triggered all of the police militarization makes me a bootlicker?

      Well that’s one way to missinterpret things!