RE: [TruthTalk] Militarizing Mayberry

[ShieldsFamily]

I didn’t look at those links, as I don’t like to view horrific videos.  I’ve just seen enough on TV news.  Was talking about beatings in general, like the one that was all over the media lately in St. Louis.  A man tried to run over a cop and led them on a high speed chase, then jumped out of his car and ran after wrecking the stolen car.  When they finally caught him he fought and they beat the bejeebers out of him.  I think once your adrenalin is that fired up from chasing, apprehending, and getting the cuffs on him, it’s understandable to a degree.  And I figured the criminal didn’t get a lick he didn’t deserve.  The courts sure won’t punish him—he just a victim of poverty, blah, blah.  But now the cops will probably lose their jobs and be harassed about it forever, and maybe go to prison. I’d advise being a bit more understanding of what those cops went through and giving them an unpaid time off from work for a while if they never did it before. Iz   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Deegan Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:00 PM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Militarizing Mayberry   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 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.   Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.