RE: [TruthTalk] Militarizing Mayberry

[ShieldsFamily]

I think that dealing on a day to day basis with people who live like unreasoning animals desensitizes the police.  They need our prayers more than our criticism. Iz   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Deegan Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:06 PM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Militarizing Mayberry   Just saw the video of the latest police beating in the news Are all the police beatings, lately, desensitizing people to the violent images?   Wasn't the moto "Serve & Protect" should it now be "we beat the tar out of people"   Isn't this the natural result of the Militarizing of Police and the increase in the number of swat/paramilitary?   http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=police%20beating&sa=N&tab=wn   http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-050es.html According to a recent academic survey, nearly 90 percent of the police departments surveyed in cities with populations over 50,000 had paramilitary units, as did 70 percent of the departments surveyed in communities with populations under 50,000. The Pentagon has been equipping those units with M-16s, armored personnel carriers, and grenade launchers. The police paramilitary units also conduct training exercises with active duty Army Rangers and Navy SEALs. State and local police departments are increasingly accepting the military as a model for their behavior and outlook. The sharing of training and technology is producing a shared mindset. The problem is that the mindset of the soldier is simply not appropriate for the civilian police officer. Police officers confront not an "enemy" but individuals who are protected by the Bill of Rights.   http://www.progress.org/archive/fold121.htm The Federalized Militarized Police   http://home.att.net/~bob.wallace/militarypolice.html Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.