While I am concerned by the militarization of police, I am more immediately concerned with scenes of looters shooting open the doors & windows of businesses, & rioters throwing fire bombs & rocks, while police only WATCH!
Every bomb & rock thrower, every looter should be arrested. If that takes an MRAP to do so, fine. The fire bomb throwers in particular, should be shot on sight.
Ah, but there is the rub eh? They haven't been using this hardware to stop the looters. The only thing that has been a deterrent are those small business owners who have armed themselves . The police, have been driving by the looting. You see, it would be dangerous for them to get involved, and "officer safety" is paramount. They'd rather shake down motorists for having a tail light out, as there is little to no personal danger in that.