I didn’t like it then, don’t like it now.
Bad terrible idea to arm cops against the civilian population. Military is for deployment against foreign enemies; cops manage the civilian population. No no no no never militarize the cops, they don’t have sufficient training as it is.
bad idea
cops are not soldiers.
and soldiers shouldn’t be cops.
Trump is disappointing me with this and Session’s love of assest forfeiture.
Overturning Obama’s order against police sounds good.
I don’t remember reading praise here for Obama when he issued it.
One of the few times I disagree with John Lott. Giving police military equipment is a terrible idea. They’re already the standing army that the founders didn’t want. This just makes it worse.
Obama was perfectly willing to militarize the police and just about every other government agency. But, after there was political hay to be made whipping up anti-police settlement because of Ferguson, a political decision was made to stop that particular type of militarization.
No principles involved.
President Obama issued Executive Order 13688 in January after the 2014 riots in Ferguson, Mo., amid concerns about the “militarization” of the police fueling a heavy-handed response. Items on the prohibited list include armored tracked vehicles, weaponized aircraft and vehicles, .50-caliber firearms and ammo, bayonets, and camouflage. And now the feds are looking to collect.A recall of items on the prohibited list that had been handed out via the 1033 program went into effect on Oct. 1, and law enforcement agencies have until April 1, 2016, to return them, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency told FoxNews.com.
Outrage as military vehicles, equipment taken from officers in wake of Obama order(Adam Shaw Published November 23, 2015 Fox News)
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Using this type of equipment against actual criminals is fine, but there’s no guarantee that will always be the case. Local police should not have military equipment, IMHO.
The police already have select fire rifles, military grade body armor and grenade launchers. Most of that the purchased during the Obama administration and certainly right after Ferguson. There are yearly grants for body armor and for the last two years, especially after Dallas, there have been grants for level IV body armor.
You know how many MRAPS are/were available in the entire state of Missouri?
Five. There are over 600 police departments.
The rifles? M-16A1s. Sorry, keep those, we have Rock Rivers. The sidearms? M-9s, worn out. Bayonets? WTF are we going to do with those?
The 1033 program is good for getting things that would be good for natural disasters, like cots, blankets, and tents, as well as plethora of office equipment for any PD on a budget.
Having Hummers may seem nice until you have to pay to maintain them. Not in the average PD budget.