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Originally Posted by New Era
Good article, Azure. Obama did nothing to stop this practice. As a Democrat he eas weak with the police and did nothing to piss them off, which I think made them hate him that much more. I think if he had been tougher on them they would have maybe respected him (begrudingly) a little more.
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Obama was a cog in the wheel of a system that he couldn't do anything to change.
I think he wanted to make changes, but there is only so much political capital available for any President. At the end of the day he made the choice (if you want to call it that, as I'm not sure it is much of a choice) to continue the war on terror, and part of that included the increased militarization of the police due to DoD programs and other stuff.
This is exactly why it is dangerous to think that either one of the two parties will change anything when both have been instrumental in getting us to this point.