They named the law enforcement service "the militia" after the revolution, because the revolutionaries hated the police (understandingly). And the initial idea was to keep law and order by means of working-class volunteers rather than professional enforcers, thus "militia". They abandoned ther idea as soon as it became clear that amateurs cannot fight the crime, but the name stayed.
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Date: 2015-01-30 04:11 am (UTC)