RE: [TruthTalk] Militarizing Mayberry

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:19:08 -0800

Handcuffs for playground spat
 
http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_065202451.html
The parents of a 10-year-old boy are demanding an apology after police put their child in handcuffs. The incident happened after the boy got into a playground scuffle with another student at Avon Elementary School in February.
After the incident, the school's resource officer came to talk to the boy.
"He asked me 'how many times did I hit the girl,'" the fifth grader said. "I said 'once' and then he asked again and I said 'three times.'"
He said the lie he told made the officer angry.
(Whatever you do don't make that then ANGRY)
 
"He said he could arrest my parents, put them in court, make them pay a lot of money and possibly even go to jail," the boy said.


Kevin Deegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
No excuse for police to behave like criminals themselves.
I am afraid we may be seeing a police state develop.
 
Are you sure all these folks they beat really were criminals?

ShieldsFamily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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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?
 
 
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.
 
The Federalized Militarized Police
 
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