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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"We went through some pretty bad areas of Afghanistan, but we didn’t wear that much gear"
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Scriven King, a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Air Forces law enforcement component and a SWAT officer, attributed the initial spasm of violence to a lack of leadership and mismanagement of public perception on the Ferguson Police Departments behalf.
The first thing that went wrong was when the police showed up with K-9 units, Scriven said. The dogs played on racist imagery it played the situation up and [the department] wasnt cognizant of the imagery.
King added that, instead of deescalating the situation on the second day, the police responded with armored vehicles and SWAT officers clad in bulletproof vests and military-grade rifles.
We went through some pretty bad areas of Afghanistan, but we didnt wear that much gear, said Kyle Dykstra, an Army veteran and former security officer for the State Department. Dykstra specifically pointed out the bulletproof armor the officers were wearing around their shoulders, known as Deltoid armor.
I cant think of a [protest] situation where the use of M4 [rifles] are merited, Fritz said. I dont see it as a viable tactic in any scenario.
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Scriven King, a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Air Forces law enforcement component and a SWAT officer, attributed the initial spasm of violence to a lack of leadership and mismanagement of public perception on the Ferguson Police Departments behalf.
The first thing that went wrong was when the police showed up with K-9 units, Scriven said. The dogs played on racist imagery it played the situation up and [the department] wasnt cognizant of the imagery.
King added that, instead of deescalating the situation on the second day, the police responded with armored vehicles and SWAT officers clad in bulletproof vests and military-grade rifles.
We went through some pretty bad areas of Afghanistan, but we didnt wear that much gear, said Kyle Dykstra, an Army veteran and former security officer for the State Department. Dykstra specifically pointed out the bulletproof armor the officers were wearing around their shoulders, known as Deltoid armor.
I cant think of a [protest] situation where the use of M4 [rifles] are merited, Fritz said. I dont see it as a viable tactic in any scenario.
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"We went through some pretty bad areas of Afghanistan, but we didn’t wear that much gear" (Original Post)
Triana
Aug 2014
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Iggo
(47,487 posts)1. One word: Boi-oi-oi-oi-oing!
'Nuff said.
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. There's body armor, and there's body armor.
It is possible to achieve a reasonable level of ballistic protection without projecting the appearance of a storm trooper.
We got away from the whole "community policing" model (which played an enormous role in reducing crime rates--along with the much mocked but effective 'midnight basketball' and other programs) in the post-Clinton years. Maybe we need to get back to that model. Of course, it'll require police to do awful things like talk to people and walk a beat, maybe ride around on a bicycle.