Our Militarized Police

The local Louisville FOX-affiliate aired a report boosting police snipers. The story talked up local SWAT teams and compared their training and actions to the movie "American Sniper". I am skeptical about the militarization of local police. The people in hometown USA are not suicide bombers in Iraq. Years ago, when I was living in Nashville, I watched the TV coverage of a local policeman who was vying for the affections of a female officer and had a fight with another male officer who was his romantic rival,firing random shots in a neighborhood near homes, a church, a school, and a daycare. In spite of the fact that the cop was endangering hundreds of lives, his colleagues who were surrounding him never fired but talked him down until he dropped his weapon. I have also watched reports of Nashville Metro police killing suspects without hesitation who were not armed with anything but the vehicle they were driving. I am deeply troubled by hyper-aggressive policing that treats the public as the enemy of police.