Police killings more likely in agencies that get military gear, data shows
The sentiment of the threads in this discussion are very anti-police.  I personally see this as a privileged perspective.<p>>It might instead be that the more aggressive police departments are the ones that more seek to purchase military equipment, and the more aggressive police are the ones with more killings. I tend to think that's the case.<p>Causal relationship between killings and military gear can easily be explained by "dangerous communities motivate police to seek out military gear.  Dangerous communities have more killings in general."  I believe it's the most straightforward explanation.