From the Editorial Board: We should routinely thank police officers for their service, just as we do members of the military. Especially at a moment when members of the Chicago Police Department are mourning the loss of one of their own.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and First Deputy Superintendent Eric Carter congratulate new officers during a Chicago Police Department graduation ceremony at Navy Pier on March 7, 2023.following an exchange of gunfire in the city’s Gage Park neighborhood. On Thursday, funeral services are scheduled at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel for that fallen officer, 32-year-old Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso.
But all of that has shifted. First, Americans slowly learned to separate the soldiers from the decision makers sending them into battle. They began to understand you could support the first group and be skeptical about the decisions of their generals and civilian bosses.
Part of the answer lies in simple proximity. Americans are rarely staring down the barrel of a soldier’s gun but are more likely to be in a confrontational situation with police officers at some point in their lives. Part has to do with the more insular police culture lagging military culture when it comes to diversification and other aspects of necessary changing with the times. The military has no equivalent to powerful police unions, which are widely invested in the status quo.
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