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On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:14 AM, Philip Ferguson via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: http://rdln.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/knock-knock-youre-dead-the-militarisation-of-the-police-force-in-the-land-of-the-free/ I always wonder about this kind of thing, though. To be sure, the militarization of police is a Very Bad Thing, and one on which I frown. But has it actually made them more any racist, violent, or likely to injure and/or kill you than they were before? I haven't crunched the numbers. But I strongly, strongly doubt it. The Redline post writes of "Pennsylvania in 1905 – where previously there would have been strong identification of officers drawn from local communities with the workers they live with." In that case, it might even be true. I don't know. But there's a strong undercurrent of Norman Rockwell-esque bullshit in a lot of left discourse around militarization, which implicitly, when not explicitly, hearkens back to some mythical golden age of caring neighborhood officers we all know perfectly well never existed for most. -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
