No, deploying the police is a recipe for disaster.
The military not only actually teaches their personnel rules of engagement and de-escalation techniques, they also tend to hold their people more accountable thanks to the UCMJ.
And over the last few years the police repeatedly show they’ve only got two responses: do nothing if it threatens them or it’s anything Republican; or, beat the shit out of peaceful protestors and kill/arrest minorities.
No, deploying the police is a recipe for disaster.
The military not only actually teaches their personnel rules of engagement and de-escalation techniques, they also tend to hold their people more accountable thanks to the UCMJ.
And over the last few years the police repeatedly show they’ve only got two responses: do nothing if it threatens them or it’s anything Republican; or, beat the shit out of peaceful protestors and kill/arrest minorities.