Police: License to kill is for movie spies

A lot of good and bad things came out of the 1960s. One thing I found fascinating were the books and movies about a certain very special secret agent who was among a handful of agents with the license to kill.

Now it seems all law enforcement personnel have that license, and rank-and-file officers and labor unions stand ready to defend them.

James Bond had a high level of finesse and killed only rarely and in the interests of international security. Now the mere suspicion of a crime by a black man often elicits that response.

Defunding the police can mean a lot of things, but some reorganization is long overdue.

It is high time for our police officers to stop fighting a war and become the true peace officers they are meant to be. Only then can all Americans walk the streets in dignity and safety.

This story was originally published June 13, 2020 at 7:46 PM with the headline "Police: License to kill is for movie spies."