Gene Healy Says the Fight Against Militarized Police Is a Culture War Worth Having

Asked “whether it’s proper to
militarize the nation’s city police forces,”President
Obama opined last week that “one of the great things
about the United States has been our ability to maintain a
distinction between our military and domestic law
enforcement.” But the images coming out of Ferguson, Missouri,
recently — body-armored, camo-clad “peace officers” with sniper
rifles and mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles — have a lot of
Americans wondering whether that has become a meaningless
distinction. Gene Healy argues that resisting the continued
militarization of the police is a culture war, and it’s one worth
fighting.

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