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Sunday, 08/17/2014 6:18:47 PM

Sunday, August 17, 2014 6:18:47 PM

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So How Do You Address Militarized Police?

by Karl Denninger
2014-08-15 08:58

It's not that hard.
Rand Paul, along with a large number of Democrat reps and senators, have come out for putting a stop to the militarization.

Ok, let's see if you mean it. Because if you do, then the following will take care of the problem.

* First, get rid of "internal investigations." Pass a law that every act by a police officer that, if proved, would be a felony if committed by an ordinary citizen is to be presented to a Grand Jury, and that prevention or diversion of same is defined as felony obstruction of justice. Further mandate that the Grand Jury must be held in and comprised of the public in the area where the act occurred, and any trial coming from a handed-up indictment must likewise be held in the same area, with the jury pool drawn from that population. The testosterone level in Ferguson would drop precipitously among the county cops if the guy on top of that truck with the machine gun were facing a Grand Jury on dozens of felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon charges for pointing that gun at the citizens, and if an indictment was handed up he would have to face a jury there, both comprised of 60% black people from the local community!

* Second, demand that all of the equipment "given", "granted" or otherwise allocated to local and state forces is to be immediately returned and that possession of any such item that cannot be owned without permit or license by the general public is deemed a felony offense as it would be for those very same civilians. That will get rid of the tanks, machine guns and similar things. It would end the "flash-bang" proliferation, LRAD and CS gas grenade use as well.

We'll see who's serious and who's not by whether these two provisions get proposed and passed into law and whether the people both demand these changes and enforce that demand.

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Dan

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