We need police. Because we have criminals. So I'm generally a law-an-order type of guy. But police who forget that they aren't an occupying army are not policing.
Via Instapundit, this is a disturbing account of a man who called 911 in response to coming across an accident scene and wound up in jail, treated like a criminal by police who had no restraints--for a time--on their actions.
Our Army and Marines practiced counter-insurgency tactics in Iraq that pushed us to carefully handle those arrested in order to avoid creating an insurgent from somebody who was not an insurgent--possibly a neutral or even pro-government, or even just mildly pro-insurgent but not interested in getting involved.
How the police handled this man--and others without the ability to publicize their plight--does not indict all or even most police.
The night shift at the county jail was the problem in this case--as it was at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, where soldiers humiliated (but not tortured) Iraqi prisoners.
We are not insurgents. We are citizens.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
