If the reactions reported on CBS radio news last night as I drove home are any indication, the whole Ferguson mishegas has inspired full-bore debates on the local, state and federal levels about the wisdom of handing military surplus equipment free to police departments over the past decade+ as part of the post-9/11 "terrorists are under every rock" thing. Hopefully those debates will keep going and get somewhere productive.
Oh, and according to CBS radio this morning, the Ferguson police chief will be releasing the name of the officer in about half an hour. I suspect the Governor of Missouri leaned pretty heavily on him about that, too...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Oh, and according to CBS radio this morning, the Ferguson police chief will be releasing the name of the officer in about half an hour. I suspect the Governor of Missouri leaned pretty heavily on him about that, too...
Quote:And just in case you think it's only me - and not the majority of conservatives out there who think the same way - I assure you, many on the conservative side have been ALARMED at the militarization of the police in this country for years now. There are plenty of blogs and opinion posts I could find over the last half-decade and more talking about this.Chill, Logan, you're the only one who brought up left-right polarization. I think we all realize this isn't a conservative-liberal thing, but a "bully cops on a power trip" thing.
So this is not a conservative/liberal issue.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.