@janisf @RnDanger @dalias @bmalsuj right, AND $$ flowing from the MIC to keep this kind of policing intact is substantial, and often invisible to the public.

SCIENCE has shown for DECADES that community based policing works much better than adversarial policing, AND it also doesn't need near as many guns, riot gear, tanks, or kevlar vests.

But arms dealers profiting from *surveillance tech and weapons* truly see their cash cows drying up if there's a switch to community based policing.