Marine DMR at work in Iraq

[possum]

pretty impressive story, but just thinkabout the ones, you don't hear stories about and the ones you don't read about are the ones that do the truely amazing and extrodinary things too, there are some pretty crazy things that have happened in the war zone but could never be put on paper or told because no one would believe it! Hell most Americans don't even believe that there are Iraqi people out there that has a college degree and can speak english better than some of us. But for whatever reasons people wouldn't believe it, it still happens!

 

[bclark1]

agree with above post, everyone who makes the decision to serve is a hero.

it's a good story, though. i can't blame his decision to want to come home, though. he's young and starting a family, i certainly understand the sentiment.

i don't think that the militarization of law enforcement is a bad thing. i do think it needs to remain regionalized, but i don't see the correlation between the two. the bad guys will always be improving their weapons and tactics, and i certainly want the good guys to stay ahead. the sort of criminals that they have to bring in SWAT often deserve to have hell descend upon them. i understand people's reservations. and yes, there will always be screwups. but i always want more risk to lie with being a bad guy than in the law enforcement line of work.

 

[BGlaze250]

i don't think that the militarization of law enforcement is a bad thing. i do think it needs to remain regionalized, but i don't see the correlation between the two. the bad guys will always be improving their weapons and tactics, and i certainly want the good guys to stay ahead. the sort of criminals that they have to bring in SWAT often deserve to have hell descend upon them. i understand people's reservations. and yes, there will always be screwups. but i always want more risk to lie with being a bad guy than in the law enforcement line of work.

I could see how you don't find the militarization of LE to be a problem, to be used against "bad guys," but when these tactical teams are used to serve, sometimes faulty, search warrants against minor drug users and other non-violent "criminals," sometimes leading to the deaths of innocent people, I do believe that there is a serious problem.

Using SWAT and other analogues against non-violent criminals and civilians is criminal.