A Quaker Activist Group Forced the City of Orange to Reveal Police Department's Inventory

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3. The police have to prepare to make war on the citizens. No telling when we may break bad.

'Cause there's a monster on the loose It's got our heads into the noose And it just sits there watching'

Cowards that stand around watching while children are being slaughtered need armored vehicles and machine guns, to protect themselves from people who's only "armored" protection is a tee shirt and a protest sign. The "bad-ass cop" with the shaved head, tattoos and suited up like a knight, is a clear intimidation tactic and is not how policing should be done.

The police philosophy that cops are soldiers and the people are potential enemies leads us to a lot of unnecessary grief. An honest motto for cops today would read something like: "Blue lives matter (the rest of you not so much.&quot Instead of "to protect and serve" something like "to intimidate and bully." No longer "Officer Friendly" but "Officer Suspicious."

Police attracts bullies like shit attracts flies. It is our fault, they are on our payroll and we could change it. As long as the police police the police, nothing changes. Chief's of police should be "civilian managers" not law enforcement officers for the same reason that the elected President is in charge of the military. Perhaps police chief's and and sheriff's should be chosen from a pool of experienced pubic defenders...