Comment by datsci_est_2015
3 days ago
> What I'm most worried about is that Pam Bondi / Department of Justice refuses to investigate these or properly prosecute these cases.
Law enforcement above accountability is a hallmark sign of “too far gone”.
3 days ago
> What I'm most worried about is that Pam Bondi / Department of Justice refuses to investigate these or properly prosecute these cases.
Law enforcement above accountability is a hallmark sign of “too far gone”.
Law enforcement is one thing but when Washington sends war-fighters into a state against the will of the state's leadership, somebody has got to be prepared to take some casualties if there is any resistance.
The greater the force and amount of armament, the worse it can end up becoming.
It wasn't good when it happened in the 19th century either.
War-fighter is a generous description given the preparedness of the agents they’re sending. This is how they’re behaving against disorganized whistle-blowing confrontational citizens, not e.g. an ideologically-motivated separatist militia.
I know what you mean when the lack of training and integrity stands out.
What I see is that some of them seem to display even more of a killer attitude than professional soldiers, and bring a whole additional supply of firepower to each scene when they arrive that was not in the equation before.
With that level of highly-armed government-initiated risk introduced, it looks like in almost any neighborhood where there is normally about zero yearly risk of someone being killed, when the "troops" are sent in the risk skyrockets.
On a daily basis too which is too frequent to ignore and a virtually incalculable increase, but you don't need numbers to see how bad it is.