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Corrupt language corrupts minds: Police are civilians, under control of civilians

by David ClimenhagaJune 10, 2020June 10, 2020

One of the bees in my bonnet has long been the misuse of the term civilian to describe people who are not sworn police officers. I wrote the post below almost a decade ago — as the startling appearance of the then-sitting prime minister in the text as if he were still a PM rather […]

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