Posted on 02/18/2021 11:36:18 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
As federal relief money flowed into local governments to help cover the costs of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, several police departments in Minnesota spent emergency funding on riot gear, Tasers, body cameras and other "civil unrest equipment."
5 INVESTIGATES identified the purchases in a review of more than 1,400 spending reports from cities, towns and counties, which detailed their use of funding received through the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Those expenses could potentially be flagged during upcoming audits since the federal government made it clear that such funding could only be used to cover "expenditures due to the public health emergency."
"There are going to be scenarios that probably are troublesome," former state auditor Rebecca Otto said. "The general rule that I always said to local officials was, 'Make sure it passes the smell test.'"
The Big Lake Police Department used a portion of the city’s $863,000 in CARES Act funding to purchase items such as riot shields, rams, pepper spray (OC aerosol), pepper balls and ballistic bunkers worth at least $8,000.
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What about “uncivil rest”?
Oh please. If there was an actual civil disturbance, a serious one and not just a few dozen leftwingnuts, the police would be nowhere to be found. And I wouldn’t blame them.
Funny how BLM is more of a threat than The Rona.
I guess this is for when they round up the Jews, Blacks and Reps who refuse anything outside of the never to be released by B&K, J&J NORMAL Vaccine!-)
Are people starting to grow weary of the clowns that they elect, yet?
Will some with some sense get off their asses, like a real estate developer did a few years ago, and finally try to get this sh*t right again?
Could this be one of the reasons for the “shortage” of vaccine availability?
Stimulating.
I am far from “anarchist” and actually think there is a need for good government that is very limited yet extremely useful in a civil society but today most American governance local to federal is absolutely worthless and a disgrace in our rotting uncivil society.
Clearly the riot gear is needed to enforce mask mandates. < /sarc>
I think the money went to riot gear for the rioters. Those helmet and black outfits aren’t cheap.
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