Posted on 11/24/2015 1:51:04 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd
Valuable vehicles and equipment are being yanked from law enforcement agencies across the country by the Obama administration in the wake of the president’s post-Ferguson order -- as sheriffs and lawmakers tell FoxNews.com the equipment is needed, and losing it could put officers and the communities they serve in danger.
"These things are useful tools and the president taking them away will put more officers in jeopardy and at risk of harm or even death. I don’t know how he can sleep at night knowing his actions will have those repercussions," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., told FoxNews.com.
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.
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Odd to see Obama do the right thing for once.
Yes, but you can bet it’s for all the wrong reasons.
That equipment needs to go. Local cops don’t need armored personnel carriers.
Doesn’t count. He accidentally did the right thing.
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I agree with the demilitarization of the civilian police. Obama is getting this one right and I’m happy to give him credit for it >> IF << the order is actually carried out.
Actually, I slept okay at night before the SWAT team
became militarized. Maybe they’ll even quit killing dogs.
They were never meant to have them permanently anyway.
They were just being staged with police departments so that they would be distributed throughout the country when Obola declares martial law and turns them over to his #BLACKLIESMATTER civilian army.
Exactly. I don’t like the idea of the equipment either. But it’s quite clear Bammy wants chaos in the streets. He jumps on the wrong side of everything he can to make a volatile situation worse.
We’re gonna have riots that look like the opening scenes of “Soylent Green” I think.
WRONG. Really, do you think 0dunga did this to “demilitarize the police”? REALLY? No, he did it because HE DOESN’T WANT ANY RESISTANCE WHEN HE ORDERS TROOPS INTO AMERICA’S CITIES TO THROW TEA PARTIERS IN PRISON, OR WORSE.
If this was an Aryan Nation or rancher uprising, rest assured the police could keep the military vehicles.
Who is getting all this equipment now?
‘zackly.
“Odd to see Obama do the right thing for once.”
Same here. He THINKS that he’s sticking it to us, yet again, but this time we actually support him. Pigs with squad cars and SWAT vans are all that’s needed...at least at this point.
(in Europe they will soon need heavy ground assault vehicles in their cities, to simply have a chance)
Something went very wrong in the country when Special Weapons And Tactics became Typical Weapons And Tactics.
Police Can Seize And Sell Assets Even When The Owner Broke No Law
Damned good point.
Until something like Paris happens on a local level...then we can all just stand down untill the military arrives... An hour or so...see how many people die while we can’t get somewhere to engage the turds... Because patrol vehicles don’t stop rifle rounds...
Yes, I don’t want the cops having all these military vehicles. All it does is encourage them to respond with overwhelming force to minor incidents. They don’t need it and they should never have gotten it. This SWAT stuff in every two bit berg is out of hand.
Hard to believe that Ofail is doing something right.
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