Originally Posted by
DetroitPole
Okay, did we learn anything from the riots? Troops don't make good police officers. They're trained to be killing machines, not even-handed public servants.
Also, what are the implications? Is this martial law? Suspension of civil liberties? Are people supposed to be stopped, searched, detained at random?
You said "state of emergency." So what does that mean for me, as a law-abiding Detroiter? Am I going to get stopped at checkpoints on my way to work? Will the troops search my home without warrant? Is there a curfew? So I can't go out in the evening? I'm assuming my girlfriend can't cross town to spend time with me then.
Or are you proposing that the troops somehow be integrated into the police force[[again, they are not trained to be police officers)?
Please explain this scenario to me before I go and make the assumption that you are not a thoughtful, intelligent person.