The American Human: The Army Doesn't Point a Gun at Anyone Unless They Intend to Shoot. Not So with the Police?

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The Army Doesn't Point a Gun at Anyone Unless They Intend to Shoot. Not So with the Police?

I guess not. I spotted this a week ago in Ferguson:

I could put up many examples this week in Ferguson. It's just a bit horrifying.

But not as bad as what I just saw on the Huffington Post:

Along with this companion clip:

People need to understand that soldiers are trained to have their guns down unless they intend to use them. Our police, which often come from the military, don't seem to be trained as well. Something must be done. Or we'll live in fear of this:

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About the American Human

The American Human is written by Calvin Ross, a retired teacher who at various points in life has been a musician, woodworker, restaurateur, narrator, English teacher in Japan, novelist, technology journalist, and private tutor to Japanese children here in the U.S.

Happily residing in the wine country of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, Calvin has lived in the Philippines, the Netherlands, and the aforementioned Japan, as well as in Chicago, Colorado, Georgia, and many different towns in California, including, of all places, the Mojave Desert.

Calvin, you may note quickly, is a liberal progressive who doesn't think being called a socialist is all that bad, especially since he sort of would like living in Denmark if it weren't so cold. He blogs because he can.