Yeah, I have family that went to Iraq and they seem to be like "If we were that trigger-happy we'd be in jail. If we can operate in a war zone with tighter rules of engagement and risk of car bombs what's their problem?"
I think it's training and discipline. Training: Seems like Military's primary job is training and police see it as an annoyance. Discipline: military people go to jail for breaking RoE. Police CYA and get away with it.
Things are pretty wack when the infantry is better at not shooting innocent people in a war zone than police in a relatively safe country.
I resent the automatic position the union takes in any case.
> Carmine Disbrow, president of the Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association, is defending the cops.
They seem too eager to try to prove that they are worth the money they take out from the salary.
Edit: Here's another:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/10/jersey_city_polic...
> During the trial, Garrigan noted that Clifford was crossing against the green, implying that Clifford bore some of the responsibility. He also noted that speeding on Kennedy Boulevard is common.
Can I say that to get out of a speeding ticket? No? Why not?
Yeah, but the war wasn't always a Rambo like affair.
If anything, an experience in WWII or Vietman etc, would make you not take violence that lightly, as the modern "war as game" and not being in equal terms with the enemy but 10 times as armoured can make you...
That doesn't make sense. There were always a lot of military veterans in police forces.