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[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I can ask both. I can even ask if maybe one of the reasons cops have that is that people are more heavily armed?

[–] uis@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the point if everything is lethal?

[–] apazzy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The police aren't a part of the community they serve, it's explicitly trained into them to treat every situation as "us" vs "them". If "they" have rifles then "we" need armored vehicles.

Edit: to be very clear, I am not in support of police militarization.

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