“Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers said recently he wants off-duty or retired police officers to be recruited as poll watchers in Detroit ― a move that would revive a strategy historically used to scare or intimidate voters of color,” the Detroit News reports.Said Rogers: “We called the RNC early and said hey… Let’s put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please.”Listen to the audio.