To the marines, though, “cover me” meant open fire immediately, which they did, unloading more than 200 M16 rounds into a house where the police had a tip about a possible domestic abuser. By sheer luck, nobody was hurt.
That was 1992, not now. But it shows what a poor fit our military is for policing. What a mess.
There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.
Ah, yes. William Adama. Good quote. Unfortunately the police do not have a duty to protect the people.
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This comment looked like it double posted, so I tried to delete one and it deleted both, but I feel like it’s important:
The police have no constitutional duty to serve or protect you.
This is why standing armies should be abolished from the planet.
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the troops expect to be stationed, or fighting in another country, not against thier own country.
We were promised to fight brown people 😓
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