Steve Sailer writes: Remember how the Sophisticated Hot Take on the first of the various Ferguson riots in 2014 was to blame it on the “militarization” of police forces? You see, all the helmets and body armor worn by police triggered the poor protesters into their undocumented shopping spree! It was, we heard, time for a Conversation about the disturbing trend toward policemen protecting themselves as soldiers do.
The Dallas police force made sure not to make that mistake last night, when they deployed for the Black Lives Matter demonstration dressed as if they were going to talk to an elementary school assembly on Bicycle Safety.
Commenter Grumpy points out:
Here’s how the San Diego police were dressed for a Trump rally:
And here’s how the Dallas police were dressed for the Black Lives Matter protest / firefight:
COMMENTS:
* The 1990s was the decade of anti-cop gangsta rap songs like Cop Killa, Fuck The Police, and 187 On An Undercover Cop just to name a few. Now those 90s gangsta rap songs have turned into actual carry out action in the decade of the 2010s.
* I see the temperature in Dallas is 36 C/97 F right now – not the right weather for wearing the sort of armour that would protect you from that kind of attack. Probably a lot of the cops would have decided it wouldn’t be worth the trouble of wearing it, if they had the choice. Another commenter makes the point that the officers at the Trump rally are only protected from assault with blunt instruments (and tear gas in some cases). But the difference in visual impact is huge. The San Diego cops’ face masks give them the look of something out of a science fiction dystopia.
