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Police ‘Tank’ Purchase Riles New Hampshire Town
Cop Block ^ | 16 February 2012 | Radley Balko

Posted on 02/16/2012 5:19:40 PM PST by Lorianne

“We’re going to have our own tank.”

That’s what Keene, N.H., Mayor Kendall Lane whispered to Councilman Mitch Greenwood during a December city council meeting.

It’s not quite a tank. But the quaint town of 23,000 — scene of just two murders since 1999 — had just accepted a $285,933 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to purchase a Bearcat, an eight-ton armored personnel vehicle made by Lenco Industries Inc.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: dhs; federalizingpolice; policestate
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Bearcat Manufacturer Pushes Bearcats Against Public Outcry http://www.copblock.org/13178/bearcat-manufacturer-pushes-bearcats-against-public-outcry/
1 posted on 02/16/2012 5:19:45 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Bearcat Manufacturer Pushes Bearcats Against Public Outcry
http://www.copblock.org/13178/bearcat-manufacturer-pushes-bearcats-against-public-outcry/


2 posted on 02/16/2012 5:23:35 PM PST by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: Lorianne

Police all over the US are forming their mini armies to fight the WAD, a war that will never be won.


3 posted on 02/16/2012 5:24:25 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: Lorianne

That was like watching a baby play with a hand grenade.


4 posted on 02/16/2012 5:30:53 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Lorianne

I think they need a attack helicopter, that would keep the local belligerent drunks in line. What is a small community going to need an armored car for? Marauding gangs of raccoons and crows?


5 posted on 02/16/2012 5:34:11 PM PST by dog breath
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To: Lorianne

“Whoa, wait a minute, wait a minute, what have we here gentlemen? The police have themselves an RV. Southeast corner”


6 posted on 02/16/2012 5:36:24 PM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: Lorianne

“Whoa, wait a minute, wait a minute, what have we here gentlemen? The police have themselves an RV. Southeast corner”


7 posted on 02/16/2012 5:36:36 PM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

The Federal Government is placing these things and all sorts of unpolice type weaponry all over the country for when the government feels it is time to use them against the citizenry. Most of the police forces in the country will answer Uncle Sam when they get the call to suppress. All sorts of political opposition have already been officially defined by JD as being potentially Terrorist.


8 posted on 02/16/2012 5:38:39 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: Blood of Tyrants; nutmeg

Seems to be spreading, Connecticut can’t wait for the deal. New Haven has one.


9 posted on 02/16/2012 5:39:12 PM PST by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Lenco has made their sales and promotional video of this monstrocity “private” on Youtube ... here’s another copy of it .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBwBD5Tc0Q


10 posted on 02/16/2012 5:39:44 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: Lorianne

Wait until Alex Jones sees that video.


11 posted on 02/16/2012 5:39:45 PM PST by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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To: Lorianne

Paid for with cash and property seizures from the WOD?


12 posted on 02/16/2012 5:42:46 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Lorianne

The President of Lenco is an Obama Donor. Anyone surprised?


13 posted on 02/16/2012 5:44:17 PM PST by marstegreg
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To: dog breath

“I think they need a attack helicopter...”

Some places already have them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzJ0IUKoKw


14 posted on 02/16/2012 5:45:03 PM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Rebelbase

More likely from Porkulus funds.


15 posted on 02/16/2012 5:45:15 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: arthurus

Every can has its opener.


16 posted on 02/16/2012 5:45:41 PM PST by Noumenon ("I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands." Col. Nicholson-The Bridge on the River Qwai)
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To: Lorianne

Twenty years after this thing is sent to the dump, our grandchildren will finally start paying some of the principal on the money that was borrowed from them to buy this steaming pile of crap.


17 posted on 02/16/2012 5:47:03 PM PST by microgood
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To: Lorianne

This is another step in nobama’s vow to have a domestic police force as well trained and armed as the military services.


18 posted on 02/16/2012 5:48:52 PM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: upchuck
they'd do well to remember the next line too... Oh my God, the quarterback is TOAST!
19 posted on 02/16/2012 5:51:42 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: dog breath
What is a small community going to need an armored car for?

So they can play military games and destroy the road with this piece of junk.

20 posted on 02/16/2012 5:51:46 PM PST by Logical me
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