08-15-2016, 09:09 AM
(08-14-2016, 10:27 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: My take is simple. A neighborhood watch is just that, a watch. Their role is to watch the neighborhood and then call the police if they witness or suspect a crime taking place. When they try to take on the role of law enforcement, which they are not, they can and probably will end up killing (though not necessarily murdering) noncriminal elements.
A plausible take. Militia cultures can enforce the law successfully with training. The slow steady climb in US Homicide rates started at the time funds for training the militia were eliminated at the federal level. One can argue that an armed trained population was more effective than professionals paid by representatives of the capitalist class. Certainly, if untrained individuals run around trying to 'enforce the law' you are going to have problems.
This would be especially true when said untrained individuals have racial hang ups.
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