Demilitarize the police? Oh, you betcha, and, it is a bi-partisan effort.

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<<< This was the police presence in Ferguson,  until yesterday.  The extreme violence dissipated when this ridiculous display of power was taken off the streets.  

Tim Devaney / The Hill:

Congress under pressure from left and right to ‘demilitarize’ police  —  Groups on the left and right are uniting behind calls to end what they say is the rise of a “militarized” police force in the United States.  —  They say the controversial police tactics seen this week in Ferguson …

Editor's notes:  I agree with this effort.  We have SWAT and well equipped police forces,  in the large communities here in the Central Valley of California.  We do not need a military presence (such is outlawed by the Constitution) or a police force that functions and looks like a military force.  We simply do not need it.  

Understand that,  despite the blow from the jihad Left,  we are not an oppressed people.  Not at all.  Rather,  we are - also - a well armed society,  accustomed to its freedoms and the notion of "due process."  A military presence,  whether that be a status of forces or a police/military "outpost,"  would be seen as enemy to a free society,  and would create domestic unrest,  for that reason and that reason alone.  

I do not believe this needs to be a political issue.  Folks on both sides of the aisle should agree on this,  and,  perhaps, that is what is taking place in Congress,  as I write this post.  

Understand that I am not "anti-cop."  They have a very dangerous job,  but to transition into a military unit is to increase the potential for domestic unrest,  not reduce it.   The recent unrest in Ferguson, is partly due to the overbearing nature of the local police force.  With a new manager,  the head of the CHP,  the situation has quieted down    . . . .  not because of military threat,  but because the man walked the streets,  listened to the complaints,  and preached peace directly to the [few] rioters.   

Here in our valley,  a small town police force,  invaded a home and shot to death,  the owner,  a Mexican man.  They shot him to death in his bedroom,  striking him close to 30 times,  on officer taking time to reload.  In the end,  they were in the wrong home,  and the city had to payout more than 2 million dollars  -  tough to do for a town of 18,000 people.  My point is this: everyone I know favored this injured family.  The police had no friends,  in this,  and,  if their tactics had continued,  there would have been a "war" of some sort,  and I would have supported that effort.  But the outcry was so angry,  the city police force revamped their strategies,  and backed off the assault strategies they had put in place.