Guest Post by Eric Peters
We often hear law enforcement – as police used to be called, before America became a police state – refer to us as “civilians,” a term formerly used exclusively by soldiers to refer to the noncombatant population of an enemy country under occupation.
It is not surprising that law enforcement considers American citizens to be “civilians,” given the blurring of the line that once separated the civilian police from soldiery. Law enforcement dresses up (armors up) like soldiers – even to the extent of awarding themselves what are in fact civilians dressed like soldiers military ranks, such a “sergeant” and “colonel” and even four-star “general.”
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