I appreciate the response. If you're willing, let's try to make this very specific instead of academic.
In your mind, what are the specific actions that you're talking about? And how do you categorize them? i.e., illegal, unethical, immorral? I'm curious to understand what you see as the origin action. What started it?
I think that’s a fair question, and I agree the distinction matters.
For me, the line isn’t who is acting, but how power is exercised. Targeted, individualized enforcement with warrants and clear authority is categorically different from broad, militarized operations that predictably create community-wide fear and confusion.
My concern isn’t that enforcement exists—it’s that tactics designed for exceptional circumstances are being normalized in civilian communities, where the collateral effects are foreseeable and preventable.
If state or local authorities used similar mass-disruption tactics without due process, I’d raise the same objection. The standard has to be consistent, or it isn’t a standard at all.
I appreciate the response. If you're willing, let's try to make this very specific instead of academic.
In your mind, what are the specific actions that you're talking about? And how do you categorize them? i.e., illegal, unethical, immorral? I'm curious to understand what you see as the origin action. What started it?
The most important statement in this article is the concern about: "Community-wide tactics that produce fear, confusion, and preventable violence."
An honest conversation hinges on which "tactics" you're concerned about and which ones you are willing to overlook or explain away.
I think that’s a fair question, and I agree the distinction matters.
For me, the line isn’t who is acting, but how power is exercised. Targeted, individualized enforcement with warrants and clear authority is categorically different from broad, militarized operations that predictably create community-wide fear and confusion.
My concern isn’t that enforcement exists—it’s that tactics designed for exceptional circumstances are being normalized in civilian communities, where the collateral effects are foreseeable and preventable.
If state or local authorities used similar mass-disruption tactics without due process, I’d raise the same objection. The standard has to be consistent, or it isn’t a standard at all.