[mountainlion]

When you got a hammer the whole world looks like a nail.

[TurboZamboni]

Watchdog has it at $25 million, not 10

Under the federal government’s 1033 Surplus Equipment Program, more than $25 million in military surplus weapons, vehicles and gear has been scooped by 325 Minnesota local police departments and 85 county sheriff departments. Several state agencies also participate, including the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Minnesota Department of Public Safety and Minnesota State Patrol.

http://watchdog.org/149743/grenade-launchers-to-bandages-in-25-million-of-military-surplus-to-mn-police/

[JimRed]

Beat me to it by half a minute or so!

[thorvaldr]

“When you got a hammer the whole world looks like a nail.”

You can’t steal my response because I’m saying it too. When you got a hammer the whole world looks like a nail.

All those military toys change their tactics. Read the news. It takes practically nothing for them to decide a warrant is “high risk” and bust somebodies door with a SWAT team without trying any other option first.