• QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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    Serious question, what was the guy being arrested for where they needed to be armored but don’t have guns drawn on the supposedly dangerous criminal?

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      If there’s one place you don’t need to be armored, it’s arresting someone on a plane. Everyone has already been screened by security and even their nail clippers have been confiscated.

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      Need to make people fear dying or going to a death camp so they don’t interfere.

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        Showing strength but claiming weakness to get more power to do further actions only they find excusable. Classic fascist.

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      You don’t dictate your outfit in the vast majority of military organizations, you just get told where to go and what to do.

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        Police you’re looking at police at least ostensively.

        Presumably you have an entire brain inside that skull of yours and it would be a shame not to use it

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          If you don’t think the police is a military like organization then idk what to tell ya buddy

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            The military is often far better trained and disciplined and follow their rules and guidelines and can actually shoot what they aim at and don’t mag-dump a random car when a squirrel drops an acorn on it.

            You can be a cop with a high-school diploma and a few weeks of training, and it’s almost impossible to get booted from the industry once you’re in.

            Even fewer requirements for ICE and the other goon squads who are cosplaying all over the place right now.

            • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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              The military has its own issues but also built its own prison. If you fuck up bad enough you go to Leavenworth for a long stay whereas all these shitbags with hand me down MRAPs get a month of paid leave and the city they work for pays out restitution to people who’ve been horribly wronged while they clock insane overtime and moonlighting checks using the badge for profit.

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              You basically just need to be a US citizen who speaks English to be an ICE agent, and the pay starts higher than I’ve ever made, before the 5-figure bonuses for deployment.