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Originally Posted by willravel
pai mei, that's the scariest thing I've read in a long time. Thank you for posting it. If I had para-miliary training, I'd be on that list. I love my Constitution, and those who care to stomp on it are not Americans or patriots.
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Here too... substitute military training for para-military and I fit the bill. Or does watching Red Dawn count as a para-military training course?
Regardless, general profiling is next to worthless because it has to be so broad, though it continues to be printed in all levels of law enforcement, whether to identify terrorists, gang members, sexual predators, or drivers without liability insurance. It wasn't long ago I was reading a similar list to identify dangerous individuals at the airport: if they walk too fast, walk too slow, walk too uptight, walk too casual, hide in crowds, walk alone, carry baggage, carry no baggage...and so on.
There are real threats out there and real criminals that have to be identified and stopped by the FBI and other agencies. In the case of paramilitaries, differentiating between those groups that are actually a danger, and those that are not is very difficult. I wouldn't be all that worried about the language of a training manual, especially without all the context of the other training provided which I hope would give an agent some more nuanced understanding of things. The proof is in the actions undertaken; and they should be accountable for their actions to the public they serve.
Josh