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NathanVfromPlus t1_j30jjme wrote

Reply to comment by Tai9ch in New Hampshire Bill Would Ban “No-Knock” Warrants by AuthorSnow

If they shouldn't have military training, then why would taxpayers need to equip them with military gear?

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Tai9ch t1_j321o8i wrote

Military training isn't really broadly the problem. The military explicitly trains to never shoot the wrong people, to not shoot first, and that civilians are not to be treated as enemy combatants by default.

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NathanVfromPlus t1_j32dye6 wrote

But that still doesn't explain why taxpayers should pay cops to be trained (edit: and equipped) to treat them as militant enemy combatants.

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