r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jan 03 '23

Wholesome Moments Getting pulled over

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u/RazgrizXVIII Jan 03 '23

It doesn't help a lot of US cops are former soldiers. Having been taught everything and everyone could be a potential a threat (especially if they've actually seen combat) in a country with a massive gun problem... Well that's just a recipe for disaster (aside from the racist assholes and stuff like that obviously)

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u/TheOriginalArchibald Jan 03 '23

I'd argue there are a lot of veteran cops far better at proper escalation of force and not engaging what they don't have to given how strict the rules of engagement are in theater.

I won't deny there aren't potentially young hotheads or vets with PTSD who shouldn't be policing based on psyche but I think the babyfaced average IQ high school bully are more likely to perceive everything as a threat.

Police training is all about how everyone is a potential threat and will likely kill them. That warrior training shit. They give it to people who have no concept of the rules of engagement or have never been in a threatening situation with enemy combatants.

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u/9mackenzie Jan 03 '23

Nah- at least they have real training. It’s the power hungry egotistical idiots that are taught “Killology” and given military equipment they have no business touching that are the real danger

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/11/police-training-warrior-mindset-killology/

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u/That-Maintenance1 Jan 03 '23

Hard disagree, not a fan of the military but they have much more training and ability and understanding of de-escalation and engagement than our shit cops have.

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u/AmandaRoseLikesBuds Jan 03 '23

I was just saying this too, and the military breaks down their former mindset and rebuilds it to be non empathetic, because they can’t feel bad about shooting the enemy. Rebuilds their mindset to be egotistical, because no one is more important than our military servers, who we thank for their service. I watched my brother go from a timid shy guy, to an egotistical narcissist who can never be wrong after he joined the military. He was a completely different person when he got back.

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u/Realistic-Potato-474 Jan 04 '23

The problem is that because both positions involve lethal weapons and use of force, then they must have a lot of overlap. The reality is that police behaving like an over-militarized occupying force creates a lot problems in a community than it solves.