Why America's police look like soldiers

[Purplecat]

That’s because the US is different:

New York Times column calls for U.S. military to suppress protests with "overwhelming force"

Slacktivist reminds us about the “Father of Modern Policing” Robert Peel’s nine Principals of Policing: 1. The basic mission for which police exist is to prevent crime and disorder as an alternative to the repression of crime and disorder by military force and severity of legal punishment. 2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police existence, actions, behavior and the ability of the police to secure and maintain public respect. 3. The p…

Sir Robert Peel never came to America

credit to @chgoliz who posted this a while ago.