tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4962458938156091423..comments2024-03-29T04:38:14.302-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: 3-5-0-0Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72733851224573599862020-06-07T20:28:35.340-04:002020-06-07T20:28:35.340-04:00That a dismaying article, Eve, and yet it unscroll...That a dismaying article, Eve, and yet it unscrolls with the obvious. Certain radio commentators say the problem isn't the institution, it's us… the citizens, but addressing that challenge becomes too political.<br /><br />Two good points, Zeke. I read today 'air cannons' were used. I haven't yet looked up what those are, but that 'sounds' like they might be a version of sonic weapons. Zeke, I also recall the US Army had experimented with subsonic and hypersonic weapons. Supposedly the first hammered the body and the other disrupted the mind.<br /><br />Anon, thanks for the link. William Barr seems not to have read his oath of office, that he's supposed to serve the people.<br /><br />Clever, Josh! You got it.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-59759273786388565682020-06-07T19:28:01.432-04:002020-06-07T19:28:01.432-04:00It’s a dirty little war....It’s a dirty little war....joshpachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123432071405643210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-41227920765617823662020-06-07T16:21:29.149-04:002020-06-07T16:21:29.149-04:00https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-barr-defends-po...https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-barr-defends-police-attack-on-peaceful-protesters-pepper-spray-is-not-a-chemical-irritantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36479521441540093272020-06-07T15:31:51.463-04:002020-06-07T15:31:51.463-04:00Other non-lethal compliance weapons? Sonic weapons...Other non-lethal compliance weapons? Sonic weapons come immediately to mind, though they appear to have fallen out of fashion. Firehoses are weapons, especially in cold weather.Zeke Hoskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243739239096480506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-35301903830657201052020-06-07T15:24:37.275-04:002020-06-07T15:24:37.275-04:00I'm not sure when the police began to see them...I'm not sure when the police began to see themselves as an arm of the armed forces, but while just 6% of the population at large has served in the military, 19% of police officers are veterans, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data. (From this fairly frightening article: <br />https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/03/30/when-warriors-put-on-the-badge)<br /><br />The bad news is that right now a lot of the armed men on the streets of Washington, D.C. and other places are Bureau of Prison personnel - who are trained to see all "civilians" as automatic criminals, and therefore subject to whatever level of force they choose to wield, without any accountability.<br /><br />The good news is that we're not alone in our horror. Most of the country wants police reform, and police restraint, as well as an end to racial profiling. But it's going to take significant change in leadership to make it happen.<br /><br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21901830607734440142020-06-07T13:45:32.467-04:002020-06-07T13:45:32.467-04:00O’Neil, the National Defense Authorization Acts of...O’Neil, the National Defense Authorization Acts of 1990 (§1208) and 1996 (§1033) at first encouraged law enforcement agencies to purchase our extreme surplus of military equipment and then gave ordinary police articles of war, as it were, including helicopter gunships, grenade launchers, armored assault vehicles such as MRAPs, tanks, bayonets, and variations of the equipment listed herein.<br /><br />In 2017, the administration lifted restrictions imposed after the Ferguson, Missouri killing of teenager Michael Brown. At the time, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions referred to “superficial concerns” about public safety.<br /><br />Janice, I’m also concerned about a subtle distinction. At what point did police transition from referring to the public as citizens and begin calling them civilians? We’re all civilians, but not recognizing that paints a dividing line that once did not exist.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-51218552130347679072020-06-07T07:48:36.079-04:002020-06-07T07:48:36.079-04:00Scary and eye opening. We have erred in so militar...Scary and eye opening. We have erred in so militarizing the police in name of public safety and have only increased the dangers all round.janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-28614762284888303242020-06-07T06:32:19.406-04:002020-06-07T06:32:19.406-04:00Frightening weapons. As are the images of police o...Frightening weapons. As are the images of police officers beating protestors. These protests have not only illuminated the continuing racism in America but the horror of so many sadistic Amiercan police officers eagerly attacking unarmed Americans with vigor. I witnessed the militarization of the American police first hand but did not think it was this bad. I niavely thought American police and the US military would not attack its own citizens if ordered by politicians to do so. I was wrong. There are far more police officers who are not like this, far more, but the bad apples ruin the image of US law enforcement which continues to look like SS storm troopers. Meanwhile, doctors and nurses are still fighting a pandemic.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.com